Laphet Thoke (Tea Leaf Salad), Pickled tea Leaf salad is a dish which plays an important role at social and religious occasions throughout the country. To make the dish, the sour, slightly bitter leaves are mixed by hand with shredded cabbage, sliced tomatoes, crunchy deep-fried beans, nuts and peas, a splash of garlic oil and pungent slices of chili and garlic. Laphet Thoke is the most popular Myanmar food in everyday life of Burmese people. Whenever people gather at someone's home or at a tea shop, usually expect to enjoy this cold dish together with hot green tea. It can be a snack, an appetizer or, coupled with a plate of rice, a meal.