That’s a stack of cash to pay for dinner. Burmese kyat (pronounced “chyat”) has large denominations, and slamming a stack of cash down when paying for dinner does give a small satisfaction. Cheap thrill. Much like figuring out the correct answer way before the contestants do when you’re watching wheel of fortune over a tv dinner.

All these large stacks of cash makes the waiter rather proficient in counting cash quickly. Another task added to their job description, or an outlet for a different job perhaps. Unfortunately, cash counting isn’t part of my job description and my math is worse than a retarded monkey with a lobectomy, so all this large amounts of cash with large denominations is a real pain in the ass. I have to take out a large wad of cash when making a payment. So it’s no real surprise that they accept the greenback in Burma too. 1 dollar is equivalent to approximately 880 kyats.