Mandalay, the second capital of Myanmar had been royal capital in ancient time. Myanma traditions and customs still flourish in Mandalay where you can find a large variety traditional foods including rice noodle popularly known as Montti.

To make tasty and delicious, thick and thin noodle and round and flat noodles are mixed with ingredients such as pea flour, cooked oil, fish sauce, coriander leaves, onion, lime, chicken, chicken liver and gravy of ground curry, fish bone curry or chicken curry. In preparing Montti or rice noodle, you must use good pea flour only then would it be tasty.

Noodles are made from rice or wheat and ingredients use in making rice noodle must be fresh. Montti or rice noodle are originated in Mandalay. But now, it is available in all parts of the country. People of Mandalay usually eat Montti for breakfast instead of bread and coffee. Whenever you visit Mandalay I would suggest you to have a bowl of Mandalay Montti.