Dingdi Myanmar Restaurant

Our families are from Burma so we know what authentic cuisine tastes like. The Mohinga (fish curry with noodles) was very good and authentic.
The chicken curry was also very good.
The Beef fried noodles were very good but more Chinese then Burmese.
They don’t have Curry Khausuwe (coconut curry with noodles) which is one of the more popular dishes from Burma.
We are very glad that we have found a Burmese restaurant in Lewisville!
Hard to find, is located in the same shopping complex as Planet something and Marisco’s.

This was my first time eating Burmese food so I have no gauge for its authenticity but it wasn’t so great.
One big problem is that the proprietor and his son both seemed incapable of describing the dishes at all. Considering this is the only burmese restaurant within a 4 hour radius and considering it’s not new, you’d think he’d be a pro at explaining his food to confused white people.
We were left to fend for ourselves when he recommended a bunch of stir fry noodle dishes. He clearly didn’t think we could handle the real stuff. We ordered one of the noodle dishes, just to cover our bases, and it was comparable to something Panda Express would pass as lo mein and pretty uninteresting.
We started with samosas that were pretty tasty and served with something that seemed a lot like salsa.
We also got a «house special» noodle that was similar to spaghetti but with an unusual spice in it. It wasn’t our thing but at least it was interesting.
Finally, we got a pork stew that hang huge hunks of pork belly in it. You’ve got to be comfortable eating pork fat for this dish to work for you but it was very tasty.
Overall, 2 good dishes and 2 bad dishes. Considering the limited menu and lack of guidance, I wouldn’t ever come back.

Very clean, extremely hospitable. If like me you are unfamiliar with Burmese food, picture familiar comfort foods with mets, noodles and soups – kicked up with add-​ins like chilis and vinegars to your taste. Great winter meals. Try the hearty and generous Corn Soup with beef, or fried noodles. There are tofu dishes as well for the vegetarian.
Prices are reasonable: we spent an average of $ 10/​person for meal and drink.
Location: locate the Planet Fitness off i35 at old business 121. This is next door in an older shopping center that also features a killer antique mall.
You are family here, so expect to engage. No formality but worth the hunt.

I have the utmost respect and consideration for anyone opening an independent business and more when it is a restaurant. It is tough, especially when it is an ethnic establishment with limited «audience». (How many people from Myanmar/​Burma do you know? I met about 5). That said, I am sorry to post a less than nice review. But read on. So, some of the fab Burmese people mentioned this restaurant to me, they were super excited for me to try it. And then my saga started,
First visit, the one that never happened. The address on Unilocal was wrong. Or in Google maps, whatever. So I went to a place in Lewisville that does not exist. What should I do? Call them, right? Yeah… no. A gentleman picked up the phone. He didn’t speak English at all. Because I am reasonable person I thought «ok, I will give another shot other time».
One Sunday I googled it again. I was near by, supposedly. (It is on I-​35 and Business, next door to a gym, by the way) There was no indication of hours on the internet, no website, nothing. But I really wanted to try it (can you tell?). Finally got there. When I came in I thought they were having a heart attack, looking at me baffled. Ok… so I sat down, the waiter came to ask what I wanted. What about a menu? Got one and he sat down with me. Ok, then! I placed an order of samosas and little later asked for a stew my friends recommended. Was told the restaurant was closing. Ok,. what about to go? No. Asked the guy if I could have a small group some other time. He said I needed to talk to his brother who was at the church. Ok, then!
Third time. I thought it was the charm. No. Came in around 1pm on a Sunday. The waitress didn’t speak English nor the mom (who cooks) or anyone else. But I order the stew!!! yaaay! I asked the brother’s phone number, trying to explain I really wanted to have my friends there. They almost fainted. Asked me who my friends were, from where, what I wanted etc etc. I thought they were thinking i was a kind of a spy. They asked me if I was Burmese (???). Long story short, I got the stew (don’t ask me, I have no recollection on how it tastes), never got the brother’s number. Maybe because the waitress, mom and other guys there were busy on their phones? Except one, who was picking his toes at the dinner table.
Years visiting ethnic restaurants in Dallas and never had such a bizarre experience (s).

Decent food.
Terrible service — we ordered for 5 people and they brought out food one at a time over an hour’s time. Had to ask for water, plates, etc.

Well, it is nice to find a Burmese restaurant in the suburbs north of Dallas. Obviously more rare in the «heartland» than in the much more ethnically diverse regions of California and the Bay Area. And a couple of their dishes are, in fact, quite good-​especially the Tea Leaf Salad. Curry chicken had nice spice, though they kept telling us (two caucasians and my Asian wife) it was «spicy», as if they expected us to complain and drown our dish with liters of water or some other fire extinguisher. It was, in fact, what we would consider «mild». However, another Burmese specialty, the Khao Suey, which SHOULD have been a coconut-​curry based soup with noodles and ingredients, had NO coconut milk in it at all, was not spicy, was horribly bland, and was just downright disappointing. So, if in Dallas and craving a nice Tea Leaf salad, by all means check it out. The rest of their dishes (that we tried), meh.

Who would have thought, an amazing Burmese restaurant in the middle of Lewisville of all places. Anyone interest in exotic cuisine should make the drive. It’s like eat a spicy variant of Chinese, Malaysian food. More closer to spicy Cantonese than Malaysian or Thai as the Burmese don’t use coconut milk in many of the dishes.

Tucked in the back of an almost empty shopping center at the NW corner of Business 121 in Lewisville, TX lies one of Dallas/​Ft. Worth’s first Burmese Restaurants. Fans of Thai, Malaysian & Indian cuisines have to try this spicy fare. Started with the always amazingly delicious Laphet Thoke (Green Tea Leaf Salad). Moved on to the spicy Kwaw Suet Noodle with ground Chicken as well as the House Burmese Chicken Curry. Both were extremely flavorful and very spicy. The are other traditional Burmese dishes on the menu as well as a few other Chinese dishes for those with a not so adventurous palate. This restaurant open a few months ago, prices are good, and the owner is very hospitable. Give Burmese cuisine a shot. I’ve only seen this cuisine in San Francisco & NYC!!!