# ''A-hlu lahpet'' or Mandalay lahpet is served in a plate or traditionally in a shallow lacquerware dish called ''lahpet ohk'' with a lid and divided into small compartments—pickled tea laced with sesame oil in a central compartment, and other ingredients such as crisp fried garlic, peas and peanuts, toasted sesame, crushed dried shrimp, preserved shredded ginger and fried shredded coconut in other compartments encircling it. It may be served as a snack or after a meal with green tea either on special occasions or just for the family and visitors. ''A-hlu'' means alms and is synonymous with a novitiation ceremony called ''Shinbyu'' although lahpet is served in this form also at ''hsun jway'' (offering a meal to monks) and weddings. Invitation to a ''shinbyu'' is traditionally by calling from door to door with a ''lahpet ohk'', and acceptance is indicated by its partaking. | # ''A-hlu lahpet'' or Mandalay lahpet is served in a plate or traditionally in a shallow lacquerware dish called ''lahpet ohk'' with a lid and divided into small compartments—pickled tea laced with sesame oil in a central compartment, and other ingredients such as crisp fried garlic, peas and peanuts, toasted sesame, crushed dried shrimp, preserved shredded ginger and fried shredded coconut in other compartments encircling it. It may be served as a snack or after a meal with green tea either on special occasions or just for the family and visitors. ''A-hlu'' means alms and is synonymous with a novitiation ceremony called ''Shinbyu'' although lahpet is served in this form also at ''hsun jway'' (offering a meal to monks) and weddings. Invitation to a ''shinbyu'' is traditionally by calling from door to door with a ''lahpet ohk'', and acceptance is indicated by its partaking. |