Donut Delight Oriental Pastries - Union City

fish noodle soup

Referred to this place in Union City by a Burmese coworker as a place for Burmese fish noodle soup (Mohinga). Just by name one wouldn't think that they do anything other than donut. But reading the available reviews I found out that they do offer some burmese fare on weekends and dimsum as well.

So of we went on one Saturday morning. They supposedly open at 7 but just to be safe we got there at 10. The place was tiny and only had about four tables for about 14 people. It's more of a take out place. They don't advertise the Burmese menu only when we asked then they gave us a laminated menu with some Burmese dishes on it. We ordered the mohinga (fish noodle soup) and ohno kaukswe (curry noodle soup).



The mohinga had a bit reddish brownish broth and some chopped cilantro on top. The broth tasted a bit different from what I remembered - a bit hint of fermented shrimp paste. The noodle looked a bit thicker than the usual rice noodle that we use at home. It didn't taste much of fish but it had other items like pieces of hard boiled egg, cut cilantro, pieces of onion and something that looked like eggroll.

Ohno kaukswe - chicken curry noodle

The ohno kaukswe had a fragrant yellowish broth with like a few tablespoon of chopped chicken curry (?). The broth though fragrant didn't taste rich like coconut milk. It had pieces of onion, cut cilantro, zucchini and also cut eggroll. Interesting content.

Other than those bowls of noodle we also got some dimsum to take away. We tried the chicken feet, pork and shrimp shumai and the shrimp roll. All very generous size and tasted wonderful.

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Donut Delight Oriental Pastries
34554 Alvarado-Niles Rd, Union City, CA 94587
Phone: (510) 429-1358