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309 Clement (at Fourth Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94118

415-387-2147

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Critics'
Pick
Best Vegetarian Restaurant
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Asian, Burmese, Cambodian

Hours: Daily 11am-3:30pm, Sun-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-10:30pm

Price: $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Family Style

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Beer/Wine

Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Street

Description

Cozy Clement Street restaurant features stunningly good Burmese cuisine, itself a blend of Thai, Chinese, and Indian influences. Start with the moh hinga (fish porridge), the samusa soup, or the elaborate, 22-ingredient rainbow salad. Then order a side of rice (coconut, spicy Indian-style, or Burmese fried) to go with entrees like an exquisite pork and potato curry, squid sautéed with chilies and basil, or curried noodles with chicken and coconut milk. For dessert, try the coconut custard fritters. Small, affordable list of beer and wine.

2009 | Best Vegetarian Restaurant

As Burma Superstar's extensive and alluring menu states: "Pleasenote, most dishes can be prepared vegetarian -- please ask yourserver." Even nonvegetarians often find themselves ordering an entirevegetarian meal here, right off the menu. We suggest starting with thefamous -- and filling -- samusa soup, made with choppedsamusas (deep-fried Burmese curried potato ravioli), falafels, lentils,cabbage, and onions. After you're done with the soup, move on to suchdishes as mu... More »
2004 | Best Burmese

There are so many "bests" at Burma Superstar: best "falafal" (floating in the samusa dok, which is samusas broken up with the croquettes plus lentils, cabbage, and onions in what is accurately called a "nice spicy soup"), best ginger salad (gin dok, a plate covered with finely shredded ginger, dried shrimp, toasted garlic, sesame seeds, and split yellow peas, tossed at table in a spicy dressing for a fragrant, crunchy delight), best spicy chicken with fresh basil, best mango mutton, best... More »

Burma Superstar Comes Down on Burmese Food Truck

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, November 3, 2011

Remember Burmese Gourmet, the new Burmese food truck in SoMa that SFoodie wrote about a few weeks back? When we were chatting with the truck's owner, William Lue, before telling him we were a reporter... More »
A-List

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 11, 2002

About a month ago, I walked to Brooklyn, which didn't take long (I was staying at a friend's place in Manhattan). Still, my dogs were barking by the time I returned, so I strolled up to a friend's rooftop deck, lit a cigarette, and just ... took i... More »

Main Menu

Appetizers

Burmese Samusas
(with chicken or vegetarian 5 pieces). burmese raviolis hand wrapped and filled with curry spices, potatoes, deep fried, and served with our house special sauce

Fried Yellow Bean Tofu
homemade tofu made with fresh yellow beans. crisp on the outside, silken center. served with a soy - chili sauce

Platha And Dip
multi layered bread served with a coconut chicken curry sauce

Lettuce Cups
crisp lettuce cups with a cured pork, pickled radish, carrots, and water chestnut stuffing

Mu Shu Vegetable Wraps
hand wrap your own rolls. made with stir fried cabbage, eggs, celery, carrots, wood ear mushrooms

Salt And Pepper Chicken Or Calamari
lighty battered and fried with scallions and peppers

Wok Roasted Calamari
calamari wok roasted with a lemon chili sauce on a bed of mint salad, topped with peanuts

Soups

Vegetarian Samusa Soup
featured on bay area backroads! even though it's vegetarian, this remains our most popular soup to both meat eaters and vegetarians alike. made with samusas broken up with falafels, lentils, cabbage, and onions

Moh Hinga (catfish Chowder)
fish chowder with rice noodles, ground catfish, onions, cilantro, and lemons

Oh Noh Kauswer
(coconut chicken noodle soup) burmese style coconut noodle soup with chicken, onions, eggs, cilantro, and lemons

Salads

Tea Leaf Salad
salad prepared with imported burmese tea leaves, tomatoes, lettuce, dried shrimp (or vegetarian), fried garlic, sesame seeds, peanuts, and split yellow peas

Ginger Salad
salad prepared with pickled ginger, dried shrimp (or vegetarian), fried garlic, sesame seeds, and split yellow peas

Rainbow Salad
salad made with 22 different ingredients. four types of noodles, green papaya, tofu, onions, dried shrimp, (or vegetarian) and a tamarind dressing

Burmese Style Chicken Salad
salad with cabbage, fried chicken slices, fried onions, cilantro and our dressing with a garlicky kick

Samusa Salad
back by popular demand, salad with vegetarian samusas, cabbage, cucumbers, mint, and onions

Mango Salad
refreshing salad made with pickled mangoes, onions, cabbage, cucumbers, and dried shrimp (or vegetarian)

Seafood

Burmese Style Curry (shrimp, Catfish)
burma superstar's specialty curry. choice of shrimp or catfish

Super Star Shrimp
wok tossed shrimps with a chili and garlic sauce

Pumpkin Shrimp
tender shrimp stew slow cooked with kabocha squash and ginger

Shrimp Kebat
(not available mild) stir fried shrimp with onions, tomatoes, green chilies, and mint leaves

Garlic Chili Shrimp
wok tossed shrimp in our garlicky infused oil, and topped with toasted garlic

Lemongrass Salmon
fresh salmon pan fried with basil, lemongrass, and chili peppers

Walnut Shrimp
shrimps lightly fried and tossed with a sweet sauce. topped with roasted walnuts and sesame seeds

Lotus Shrimp Or Tofu
wok tossed shrimp stir fried with crisp slices of lotus root

Mango Shrimp
stir fried shrimp with fresh mangos in a light chili sauce

Noodles

Superstar Vegetarian Noodles
traditional burmese noodles with tofu, cucumbers, potatoes, chili sauce, and cabbage. served at room temperature

Nan Gyi Dok
(mild coconut chicken rice noodle curry, not available vegetarian) burmese rice noodles with a mild chicken coconut curry sauce, eggs, split yellow pea, and fried onion

Bun Tay Kauswer (coconut Chicken Flour Noodle Curry)
flour noodles with a stronger coconut curry sauce, split yellow pea, eggs, cabbage, and fried onions

Nan Pia Dok (coconut Curry Flat Flour Noodles)
flat flour noodles with coconut curry sauce, string beans, split yellow pea, cabbage, and chilies

Shan Noodles
(chicken or vegetarian) rice noodles in a spicy tomato sauce pickled radish, cilantro and peanuts. with chicken or tofu

Garlic Noodles
(with duck, pork, or tofu and broccoli) flour noodles with fried garlic, scallions, and your choice of bbq pork, duck, or tofu broccolli

Burmese Traditional Rice Salad
(try this with your curries!) traditonal rice salad with dried shrimp (or vegetarian), string beans, cilantro, crushed roasted peanuts, cabbage, and chilis

Chicken / Pork

Classic Burmese Chicken Casserole
with cardamom cinnamon rice, braised chicken and shrimp buried in a clay pot and baked with biryani rice, raisins, and nuts

Chicken Dahl
burma superstar's special curry with yellow beans. (chicken is on the bone)

Pork Curry With Potatoes
braised tender pork curry with potatoes, marinated with pickled mangos

Mango Chicken
stir fried chicken breast with fresh mangos, and a light chili, basil sauce

Fiery Chicken With Tofu
stir fried chicken breast with tofu, string beans, red bell peppers, and basil in our five spice sweet heat sauce

Spicy And Crispy Chicken
deep fried chicken breast in a sweet, tangy, and spicy sauce with chili and garlic

Country Chicken And Shitake Mushrooms
chicken (on the bone) and shitake mushrooms in a sweet and savory garlic and ginger sauce

Spicy Chicken With Fresh Basil
stir fried chicken breast with lemongrass, basil, garlic and sweet peas

Sesame Chicken
slices of chicken breast lightly fried in a sweet and tangy sauce topped with sesame seeds

Pumpkin Pork Stew
tender pork stew slow cooked with kabocha squash and ginger

Citrus Chicken With Peanut Sauce
wok roasted chicken over a bed of fresh watercrest, with a peanut-dried shrimp sauce, topped with roasted peanuts

Braised Pork Belly With String Beans
savory slices of tender pork belly in a sweet garlic and wine sauce

Riblettes
delicious caramelized bite size ribs in a sweet and savory sauce

Chicken Tofu Kebat
(not available mild) stir fried chicken with tofu, onions, tomatoes, green chilies, and mint leaves

Black Bean Chicken Lotus And Asparagus
wok tossed chicken with black bean sauce, asparagus and lotus root

Beef / Lamb

Burmese Style Curry
(beef or lamb) burma superstar's special curry. braised until tender with potatoes

Beef Kebat
(not available mild) stir fried beef with onions, tomatoes, green chilies, and mint leaves

Mango Beef
stir fried beef with fresh mangos, and a light chili, basil sauce

Fiery Tofu
(with beef or lamb) stir fried beef or lamb with tofu, string beans, red bell peppers, and basil in our five spice sweet heat sauce

Sesame Beef
strips of beef lightly fried with a sweet and tangy sauce topped with sesame seeds

Chili Lamb
(not available mild) stir fried lamb with dried and fresh chili, onion and basil, comes medium spicy, or spicier!

Vegetables / Tofu

Pea Shoots
recommended with any of your entrees. fresh greens stir fired with wine and garlic

Wok Tossed Broccoli
so simple, yet so good! stir fried broccoli with wine and garlic. topped with fried onions

Poodi (potato Curry) Or Yellow Bean Curry
burmese curry served with four homemade puri breads

Vegetable Curry Delux
burma superstar's special curry made with tomatoes, squash, eggplant, lentils, and tofu

Okra Tofu
fried tofu with fresh okra in a wok-fire, dry chili stir fry

Tofu Vegetable Kebat
(not available mild) stir fried tofu with onions, tomatoes, squash, carrots, green chilis and mint leaves

Okra Egg Curry
burmese style curry made with hard boiled eggs and okra

Dried Fried String Beans
stir fried string beans, garlic, and chili sauce

Eggplant With Garlic Sauce
sauteed eggplant with garlic, chili sauce, and scallions

Curry Eggplant
our special tomato based red curry sauce made with eggplant. please indicate if you would like this vegetarian

Tofu Tower
silken tofu lightly fried on a bed of watercress. topped with mushrooms and bell peppers in a chili-black bean sauce

Firey Vegetables With Tofu
stir fried string beans, red bell peppers, tofu, and basil in our five spice - sweet heat

Side Dishes

Coconut Rice
(per person), aromatic jasmine rice cooked with coconut milk

Tan Poi
(per person), basmati rice cooked with cardamom, cinnamon, raisins and nuts

Platha
indian influenced pan fried layered bread

Rice Or Brown Rice (per Person)
jasmine long grain rice

Burmese Style Fried Rice
fried rice made with whole yellow beans

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Burma Superstar

309 Clement (at Fourth Ave.) San Francisco, CA 94118

415-387-2147

Description

2009 | Best Vegetarian Restaurant

2004 | Best Burmese

Burma Superstar Comes Down on Burmese Food Truck

By Jonathan Kauffman | Thu, November 3, 2011

A-List

By Greg Hugunin | Wed, December 11, 2002

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