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Hillary Clinton’s lunch menu

Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The following are dishes for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s lunch, which will be hosted in Burmese President Thein Sein’s home in Naypyitaw on Thursday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves upon her arrival in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Clinton's visit is the first top-level U.S. visit for half a century and seeks to encourage a movement toward democracy in military-dominated Burma. Photo: AFP
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waves upon her arrival in Naypyitaw on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Clinton's visit is the first top-level U.S. visit for half a century and seeks to encourage a movement toward democracy in military-dominated Burma. Photo: AFP
The lunch will include fried crab, fried chicken wings, fried eel, maize soup, Taiwan mustard and mollusk, Japanese tofu, asparagus, steamed fish, soya-bean sauce, sea mollusk, fried noodles, eggs and beans, fried rice, fruit, tea and coffee.

Sources said that the meal would be prepared by the Thingaha Hotel owned by Chit Khaing of the Eden Business Group. Naypyitaw’s food and drug administration inspected the kitchen of the Thingaha Hotel for food safety.

Hillary Clinton, Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner arrived on a special state department plane. They were welcomed by Burmese Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Myo Myint.

On Thursday, Hillary Clinton will meet with Burmese President Thein Sein. She will also meet with the two Burmese speakers of Parliament, Thura Shwe Mann and Khin Aung Myint.
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