New Cambodian Cuisine is the name I’ve given to the inventive Cambodian food being created by a handful of young Cambodian chefs helming some of Siem Reap’s best Cambodian restaurants. Together they represent an exciting new grassroots Cambodian food movement that deserves your attention. Skip the Pub Street bars and eateries and book tables at … Read more
Our Cambodian num pang recipe makes what I called num pang barang – ‘barang’ means ‘foreigner’ in Khmer. ‘Num pang’ in Khmer like ‘banh mi’ in Vietnamese is ‘bread’ but typically refers to the ubiquitous French-style demi-baguette and a filled baguette at that. A typical Cambodian num pang is similar to Vietnamese banh mi – … Read more
Our new Cambodia food tour focuses on the handmade, home-cooked and hands-on. You’ll observe living culinary traditions at risk of disappearing, do Cambodian cooking classes and market tours with Siem Reap’s best chefs, get lessons in Cambodian barbecue and traditional desserts, and try your hand at making fermented rice noodles and crafting Khmer cocktails. UPDATE: … Read more
A Cambodia reading list for your next holiday in Cambodia. These are the Cambodia books we recommend you read before you leave home, take in your carry-on for in-flight reading, and pack in your suitcase for reading by the pool. These are the books on Cambodia we consider essential Cambodia reading. By no means an … Read more
Cambodian food, Southeast Asia’s oldest cuisine, has been on trend since the start, cooking with fire, making use of edible flowers, foraging, fermenting, preserving, and pickling, long before they became fashionable. It’s time for Cambodian cuisine to get more attention. I fell in love with Cambodian food on our first trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s … Read more