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Mom’s Special Cooking is a family-owned Burmese restaurant in Austin, TX, serving authentic Burmese food, Tea Leaf Salad, Mohinga, Burmese noodle dishes, Falooda, and comforting home-style meals made with Mom’s care.

08/30/2026

Not the Malar you’re expecting 👀

Not too spicy. Not numbing. Just rich, savory flavor from Mom’s homemade Malar paste.

Send this to your Malar person 🌶️
Then come try Mom’s version in Austin.

📍 948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

08/28/2026

A little taste of Burma, right here in Austin. 🇲🇲❤️
See something you’d order? Come find your favorite at Mom’s.

📍 948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

You probably won’t see these two on most Asian restaurant menus in Austin.And that’s exactly why we made them this week’...
08/27/2026

You probably won’t see these two on most Asian restaurant menus in Austin.
And that’s exactly why we made them this week’s special.
This week at Mom’s, we have
Tempura shrimp with bean sprouts and salad (ပုဇွန်ခွက်ကြော်သုပ်) and
Mont let saung (မုန့်လက်ဆောင်း).

Tempura shrimp with bean sprouts and salad (ပုဇွန်ခွက်ကြော်သုပ်) starts with crispy shrimp fritters, then we toss everything together Burmese salad style. It’s crunchy, savory, tangy, and honestly the kind of thing you keep going back for another bite of.

And after that, Mont let saung (မုန့်လက်ဆောင်း).
Cold, sweet, refreshing, and so good after something crispy and savory, especially with this Austin heat.
These are the kinds of foods that remind us of home.

Mom still makes them here the same way she would back in Myanmar.
So if you’ve been curious about Burmese food, this might be a good weekend to come try something you probably haven’t had before.
Both are only here as this week’s special, so come get them while we have them.

Available this Saturday, August 29 & Sunday, August 30 only.
Come try them while we have them.
📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

This might be the most fun way to survive Austin heat. 🧊Cold shaved ice, chewy jelly, sweet beans, fruity bites, and roa...
08/26/2026

This might be the most fun way to survive Austin heat. 🧊
Cold shaved ice, chewy jelly, sweet beans, fruity bites, and roasted peanuts all mixed into one bowl.
It’s called ရေခဲသုပ် ( Rainbow Ice).

The first spoonful is freezing cold and sweet. Then you hit something soft and chewy. Then a fruity little bite. Then the roasted peanuts come in with that salty, nutty crunch.

Mix everything together and the ice starts melting into all that sweetness underneath.
One spoonful is icy.
The next is chewy.
Then creamy.
Then crunchy.

You almost never get the exact same bite twice.
And this isn’t something we changed to make it feel more familiar.
This is ရေခဲသုပ် the way we actually eat it in Myanmar.

That’s how we do Burmese food at Mom’s. We make it the way we grew up eating it.
Honestly, this is the kind of dessert you order for the table and everyone ends up stealing a spoonful.

If Austin is going to stay this hot, you might as well cool down the Burmese way. 🧊

📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

This is why one bowl of Burmese noodles can feel like five things at once. 🇲🇲That’s exactly what makes Nan Gyi Thoke နန်...
08/25/2026

This is why one bowl of Burmese noodles can feel like five things at once. 🇲🇲
That’s exactly what makes Nan Gyi Thoke နန်းကြီးသုပ် so satisfying.

The rice noodles are soft and chewy, coated in rich chicken curry so every bite feels warm, savory, and saucy.
Then you get tender chicken and creamy egg.
And right when everything feels soft and rich, that crispy crunch on top changes the whole bite.
Chewy. Saucy. Tender. Creamy. Crispy.
Five textures in one forkful.

If you grew up in Myanmar, this probably already sounds familiar.
Because Nan Gyi Thoke isn’t something we created to make Burmese food interesting for people here.
It’s something we already grew up eating.

And at Mom’s, we’re not trying to make Burmese food taste more familiar.
We want you to taste why we love it the way it already is.

If you’ve never had Burmese food before, let this be your first Nan Gyi Thoke. ❤️
📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

School is back, and we already know what happens next.Everyone’s hungry. Nobody knows what they want for dinner. 😅So thi...
08/24/2026

School is back, and we already know what happens next.
Everyone’s hungry. Nobody knows what they want for dinner. 😅
So this week, come let Mom cook.

If Burmese food is new to your family, even better. We make it the same way we grew up eating it in Myanmar. We don’t change the flavors just because we’re serving it in Austin.
Just real Burmese food, the way we know it from home. ❤️

And for Back to School week, we’re adding a little treat.
📚 August 24 through August 27
Spend $30 or more and get a FREE Burmese Fried Tofu.

Crispy on the outside, warm and soft inside, and very different from the tofu you might be picturing.
Give the usual dinner rotation a night off and come try something new with the family.

📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

Burmese salads aren’t just vegetables.Back home in Myanmar, salad can mean a lot of things.Tea leaves. Rice. Tofu. Even ...
08/22/2026

Burmese salads aren’t just vegetables.
Back home in Myanmar, salad can mean a lot of things.

Tea leaves. Rice. Tofu. Even noodles.
We call it "a thoke" အသုပ်, and it’s all about mixing everything together until every bite has a little bit of everything. Something savory, something tangy, something crunchy, maybe a little spicy.

That’s why Tea Leaf Salad, Rice Salad, Tofu Salad and Nan Gyi Thoke all look so different, but they’re still salads to us.

And we make them the same way we grew up eating them in Myanmar. We don’t change the flavors just to make them feel more familiar here.

So if salad still makes you think of lettuce and dressing, Burmese salad might surprise you. ❤️

📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

This might look like a special meal to you. In Myanmar, this is just how we eat.If you sat down for lunch in a Burmese h...
08/20/2026

This might look like a special meal to you. In Myanmar, this is just how we eat.

If you sat down for lunch in a Burmese home, your plate might look a lot like this. Hot rice, a couple of curries on the side, and a little bit of everything with each bite.

This weekend at Mom’s, we’re serving Beef Curry (အမဲနှပ်) and Fish Cake Curry (ငါးဖယ်ဟင်း) with rice.

We cook the beef slowly until it gets really soft and tender. By then, the curry has cooked down into a rich, savory sauce that’s so good over hot rice. You spoon some over, take a bite, then somehow end up adding a little more.

The fish cake curry is completely different. The fish cake has that soft, springy bite, covered in savory curry. Get a piece with some rice and a little sauce in the same spoonful and that’s the bite.

A little beef. A little fish cake. Plenty of curry with the rice.

That’s the kind of ထမင်းပွဲ we grew up eating in Myanmar. ❤️

We didn’t change it to make it more familiar here. We’re cooking it the way we know it and the way we eat it at home.

And you won’t find this on our regular menu.
This Saturday and Sunday only, August 22 and 23.

If you’ve been curious about Burmese food, come hungry this weekend.

Send this to the person you’d bring with you. 👀

📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

08/19/2026

Chewy noodles coated in rich chicken curry, a bite of duck egg, savory fish cake… and that little tang and heat at the end 🤤

This is Nan Gyi Thoke.

📍 Mom’s Special Cooking
948 Payton Gin Rd, Austin, TX 78758

Address

948 Payton Gin Road
Austin, TX
78758

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Tuesday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Wednesday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Thursday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Friday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm
4pm - 9pm

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+17372029719

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