And the tea shop, where cups of sweet, milky laphet yay (traditional Burmese milk tea) arrive alongside breads, curries and fried snacks, has long been one of the most ordinary and important rooms in Burmese life. Burmese palata originated from the Indian subcontinent, evolving directly from the South Indian parotta or “paratha” as it is called in Hindi. Tea shop food and hawker style foodAnkit says that the distinction between a tea shop and a roadside hawker stall is worth making. That has allowed Burma Burma to interpret dishes without simply replacing meat with vegetables. Burma Burma , Kolkata is located at 18 M, Ground Floor, Stephen Court, Park Street, Kolkata.