The shop and its laphet
From Mandalay to your table
The lacquer tray, green tea, the tea hills of Shan State and the shop on 86th Street.





Since 1850
Ma Taung was born in 1830. By 1850 Mandalay knew her as Daw Taung, and knew her laphet. Ah yee means aunt.
Her name is on the sign above the door and on every packet. The shop is on 86th Street today, and the laphet still comes in lacquer.














