{"id":186558,"date":"2025-12-16T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186558\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T13:27:10","slug":"moe-palae-myanmar-restaurant-set-to-close-after-citing-economic-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/186558\/","title":{"rendered":"Moe Palae\u2019 Myanmar Restaurant set to close after citing economic struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viva\u2019s dining out editor Jesse Mulligan spotlighted the restaurant in October<\/a> and said the hidden gem, which was opposite a cemetery, was \u201calmost impossible to find\u201d but worth hunting out. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis menu is a real treat and a great chance to try a style of food you\u2019ve probably never come across. Think of it as a mix of Chinese, Indian and Thai, with a few indigenous flourishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mulligan said the suburban restaurant had a \u201chuge\u201d menu that boasted \u201c50 things I wanted to order, but for variety I chose what looked like Moe Palae\u2019s signature rice noodles \u2013 served with shrimp, chicken, and a pretty moreish pan-fry sauce\u201d.<\/p>\n

Casting his verdict on the dish, Mulligan said that \u201cfor $20 it\u2019s one of the loveliest cheap eats in town\u201d. <\/p>\n

Moe Palae\u2019 won the Best New Restaurant at Metro Magazine\u2019s Top 50 Restaurant Awards in September.<\/p>\n

On its website, the restaurant outlines Myanmar\u2019s cuisine as being as vibrant as its culture, \u201coffering a symphony of bold, fresh flavours influenced by neighbouring Thailand, India and China. Meals emphasise balance, with dishes that are sweet, sour, spicy and savoury.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moe Palae\u2019s head chef Hein Htet Aung won MasterChef Myanmar in 2023 and is quoted online as saying: \u201cIt\u2019s not precise ingredients or recipes that make a perfect dish \u2013 it\u2019s the passion behind every preparation that creates something truly great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Announcing the impending closure, the owners extended their gratitude \u201cto our incredible team and every guest who dined with us: thank you for being part of our story\u201d.<\/p>\n

They also clarified they were not selling the business and hoped they would be able to return in the future, \u201cstronger and sweeter\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viva\u2019s dining out editor Jesse Mulligan spotlighted the restaurant in October and said the hidden gem, which was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,2346,3390,9274,45134,651,13504,6741,54180,7490,10668,7494,117480,69575,3234,61273,111,43,139,69,5270,69576,13033,2539,1551,3258,131,1529,61,2951,3807,18457],"class_list":["post-186558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-award","tag-best","tag-cheap","tag-citing","tag-close","tag-critics","tag-doors","tag-eatery","tag-eats","tag-economic","tag-less","tag-loveliest","tag-moe","tag-months","tag-myanmar","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-palae","tag-praised","tag-restaurant","tag-set","tag-struggles","tag-than","tag-three","tag-to","tag-town","tag-west","tag-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}