Tea Leaf Salad at Royal Myanmar Cuisine

In Myanmar, you can drink your tea and eat it, too. A staple dish in the Southeast Asian country also known as Burma, lah pet thoke is a rich and flavorful salad made from fermented green tea leaves, cabbage, crispy roasted legumes like peanuts and soy beans, fried garlic, dried shrimp and sesame seeds. This no-frills Clarkston eatery is one of the only places in the metro you can find it, and it’s worth the drive. $7.50.