Mala xiang guo and noodle shops with seafood available are more crowded and selling better than only seafood shops in Mandalay, according to market sources.
“There are a lot of people in middle-class shops that sell other foods together with seafood. People can eat a lot at affordable prices. It will include noodles and vegetables. It depends on the money. The shops that mix foods with seafood are doing well in Mandalay. People who can’t afford it can eat more vegetables. Those who can afford it, they eat more seafood. They sell vegetables in kilogrammes and noodles in plates,” said a person in charge of OMG Rakhine, a traditional food and seafood restaurant in Mandalay.
In addition to the local market, some food items from Myeik, Kawthoung and Mawlamyine are entering the Mandalay seafood market.
“As for the seafood-only market, the decrease in sales is also due to the price situation. Foods came from Myeik, Kawthoung, and Mawlamyine. The price and transport costs are high. There is consumption, but I think some consume what they can afford according to the price,” she said. — Thit Taw/ZN/ED
