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Where to Stay in Phnom Penh – Best Boutique Hotels and Apartments

Where to stay in Phnom Penh when it comes to the best boutique hotels is a decision that’s becoming increasingly challenging as beautiful new hotels open in the Cambodian capital all the time. The boutique hotels below are our picks of the city’s best, all tried and tested.

Note: we’re currently in the midst of several trips to Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh testing out hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars, etc and will be updating this guide to where to stay in Phnom Penh as well as other guides to the Cambodian capital.

Phnom Penh has changed dramatically since the pandemic and we’ll update you on those changes soon. In our last update I added a few properties to our tight selection of lodgings that we believe to be Phnom Penh’s best boutique hotels, and we’ll be adding more over coming weeks. 

Published 13 December 2014; Updated last 8 August 2022

Where to Stay in Phnom Penh – Best Boutique Hotels and Apartments

Phnom Penh is home to some of Asia’s most affordable boutique accommodation, with many of the properties boasting brilliant swimming pools, a stylish bar and café or restaurant, and some of the most welcoming staff in Southeast Asia. All include breakfast and offer complimentary WiFi. These are our recommendations as to where to stay in Phnom Penh when it comes to the best boutique hotels.

Penh House and Jungle Addition

Boasting a breathtaking rooftop pool and alfresco restaurant-bar overlooking the increasingly lofty city skyline, with the Royal Palace on one side and Wat Langka on the other, Penh House is our pick of boutique hotels for first-timers to Phnom Penh. As at July 2022, the Jungle Addition was still closed.

Situated on Street 240, a charming little street dotted with cute shops, cafes and bars, just minutes from the Royal Palace, National Museum and lively laidback waterfront, lodgings don’t get more central than this in the Cambodian capital.

Penh House and the Jungle Addition are distinct sister lodgings with very different vibes, under the same management and united by a tropical theme. The Jungle Addition is currently closed, however, prior to the pandemic, you booked your hotel, but could use facilities at both properties. A minutes’ stroll apart, Penh House is on Street 240 with a rear exit to Jungle Addition on Street 244.

The Jungle Addition is an intimate hideaway set in a heritage villa with high-ceilinged rooms, four-poster beds, vintage French colonial-style tiles, and some have balconies with rattan chairs. There are lush gardens, a turquoise swimming pool, and a poolside cafe and bar.

When I first stayed at Penh House, it had just opened; decorators were still installing enormous potted palms and staff spot-cleaning marks left by builders as I checked in.

Penh House’s contemporary design, inspired by New Khmer Architecture, is by ASMA, one of Cambodia’s finest architectural firms, responsible for some of Siem Reap’s most stunning boutique hotels, such as Viroths and Templation.

It features eco-friendly breezeways, greenery dripping from plant boxes, and minimalist rooms with balconies. Amenities are pared back, although the mini-bar included two bottles of wine, and the impressive entertainment system offers thousands of free on-demand movies. (Though you’ll need a lesson to use it).

The rooftop area has a big, gorgeous, green infinity pool, a breezy alfresco eatery and bar, and sweeping city skyline and pagoda views. A late afternoon swim followed by sunset drinks is a must.

The location is unbeatable. Walk out of the light-filled lobby, with its lofty ceilings, enormous works of photography, and striking furniture that tips a hat to Cambodian modernism, and the best of Phnom Penh is minutes away. Each time your pass reception, expect to be greeted by welcoming staff, particularly front office manager Rafy who seems to remember every guest’s name by heart.

Once outside, take a right and slip down the narrow lane enlivened by street art, including a mural of Cambodian Space Project’s Kak Channthy, who was sadly killed in a traffic accident, and you’ll find a handful of shopping and sipping spots.

Continue directly down Street 204 and you’ll arrive at the Royal Palace and beyond that the lively waterfront. Take a left and you’ve a dozen more destinations to linger, including a handful of cafes, a chocolate shop, clothing boutiques, crafts and textiles shops, and a bookstore.

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The Plantation

We reckon Cambodia’s capital might just have the highest proportion of hotels with swimming pools of any Southeast Asian capital and they’re a real treat after a day traipsing the city’s dusty streets or riding around in a tuk tuk. If a stunning pool is a high priority when it comes to where to stay in Phnom Penh, then the Plantation is for you.

Set in frangipani-filled gardens and surrounded by sun beds and shaded salas with billowing curtains, The Plantation’s pool is one of the biggest and the best. The bright, light-filled rooms have four-poster beds with mosquito nets, silk cushions and spreads in shades of citrus.

There’s a balcony overlooking the pool or terrace with garden view, along with a poolside café, spa, and a second red-tiled pool open to the public. Last stay we had a pool view room, which was wonderful, but this time we got to try the penthouse site, which was even more fabulous, with a large terrace and balcony with city views.

The hotel’s location, minutes from the Royal Palace, National Museum and waterfront, is excellent. A new restaurant opened upstairs off the courtyard bar, but unfortunately we ran out of time to try it. We’ll test it out and report back next time.
28 Street 184

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The Blue Lime

The location of this chic little boutique hotel, one block from the shops, cafes and bars on and around Street 240, is a short stroll to the Royal Palace and waterfront, and couldn’t be more central. Tucked down a gritty alley behind a high wall, it feels a little exclusive, despite its budget rates.

Filmy curtains, fresh flower arrangements, magazines scattered about, and lounge music makes the lobby feel more like a living room, while the casual bar-café is equally homey and welcoming. The shaded swimming pool is lined with sun-beds on one side and cabanas strewn with colourful cushions on the other.

The minimalist rooms have a nice feel about them, simply decorated with polished concrete, four-poster beds and vibrant cushions. Some rooms even have their own private plunge pools.
42 Street 19

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Rambutan

Expect a warm welcome and can-do attitude from the young staff at this gay-friendly boutique hotel that opened in October 2013 – because the owners poached their best people from their well-established sister-property, Rambutan in Siem Reap.

Located in a remodelled 1960s villa and sleek contemporary new building, the minimalist rooms have polished concrete floors, comfy day beds, and big pieces of contemporary art on the walls.

There’s an aquamarine swimming pool and shady concrete cabanas with cushions (pictured above), along with a poolside café serving scrummy Cambodian and Western dishes, including all-day breakfasts. Make sure you try the Khmer noodle soup.

The hotel is best suited to second-time visitors to the city, as you’ll need to take a tuk tuk to the sights. It’s located in the increasingly fashionable BBK1 district, which has a café on virtually every corner, some of the city’s best restaurants, and great street food options, including a few very close to the hotel.
29 Street 71, near Boulevard Mao Tse Toung

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The Sangkum (Closed)

Funnily enough, we watched this hotel being built when we first moved to Cambodia in October 2012 and rented an apartment across the road to see if we preferred living in Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. I was so pleased to see the results of their months of hard work.

Set in a renovated modernist villa, the small property is atmospheric, with vintage furniture decorating the rooms and public spaces, and antique floor tiles throughout. There are old Cambodian film posters on the walls and fold-up 60s-style sun loungers by the pool. All of which gives the property a very retro vibe.

Service is warm and personal and it’s not unusual to find the Italian owner, Jean, at the reception desk or sipping a glass of wine at the bar. Join him if you do, as he’s a long-term expat with lots of insider tips to share – he also co-owns the Cambodian restaurant Sugar Palm in Phnom Penh with Cambodian-New Zealand Chef Kethana who owns Sugar Palm restaurant in Siem Reap.

Wat Phnom is not far away if you want your fortune read and Doors restaurant-bar is down the road if live jazz and swing dancing appeals.

This is where to stay in Phnom Penh if you’re a vintage lover and that appreciation of all things retro extends from architecture and interiors to music and dance.
35a Street 75

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Villa Langka (Closed)

Villa Langka was one of the first of Phnom Penh’s old villas to be converted into a boutique hotel – a big trend now – and it remains one of the best despite the proliferation of new openings in the last two years.

There’s a blue-tiled pool, lush tropical vegetation, and a tasteful tropical Cambodian theme continuing through the rooms, with lots of lime green silk, bamboo, rattan, and cane, grass matting, and Khmer handicrafts.

The poolside café is just fine, but there’s no reason to dine in with an abundance of restaurants, cafés and bars in the neighbourhood.

The Buddhist pagoda of Wat Langka is across the road, so you may be woken in the wee hours of the morning by the monks’ chanting, but their soothing hum should quickly lull you back to sleep again.
14 Street 282

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The Kabiki (Closed)

Part of the same hotel group has has The Plantation, Blue Lime and The 240, this is another of our favourite hotels, despite it being marketed as a family hotel. This means it’s not unusual to see parents strolling the fragrant gardens with their kids, pointing out names of the trees – frangipani, fig, tamarind, coconut, banana, and sugar palms – identified by small signs.

There is a poolside café and two swimming pools, including a shallow toddler’s pool, however, surprisingly, considering the focus is on families, there is no fencing for the deep pool and no lifeguard on duty.

Rooms have day beds that can be made up into single beds, some come with bunk beds, and there are cots for babies. Babysitting and family activities can also be arranged.

The Prime Minister lives next door so the street is closed to traffic and there’s plenty of security around. This is where to stay in Phnom Penh if you like the idea of being in one of the safest spots in the city.
22 Street 264

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The Teahouse (Closed)

Located in a fascinating neighbourhood with an abundance of cheap eats and street food stalls, The Teahouse has rapidly become a flashpacker favourite since it opened a year ago.

Huge tins of teas line the shelves in the striking red-hued lobby-lounge of the tea-themed hotel and there are daily afternoon teas (30 varieties), along with South East Asian teas for sale in the gift store.

Unfortunately the theme doesn’t continue to the rooms – I had been hoping for a good porcelain teapot and selection of teas with my kettle, which the standard rooms didn’t even have.

Rooms range from extremely basic and snug to better equipped and super-spacious, with red accents and vibrant textiles enlivening otherwise plain spaces. Ask to see the room first.

Although the pool is small by local standards, travellers, expats, and NGO volunteers love the place. This is where to stay in Phnom Penh if your priority is meeting other people.
32 Street 242

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La Maison D’Ambre (Closed)

If style, comfort, space and convenience are high priorities when deciding where to stay in Phnom Penh, then La Maison d’Ambre ticks all boxes. No lodgings better represents the Cambodian capital’s increasing cosmopolitanism than this chic, central boutique hotel belonging to Cambodian-French fashion designer Romyda Keth.

Themed after Keth’s favourite films (and some of my favourites), including Hanabi, In the Mood for Love and Monsoon Wedding, the light-filled one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites are decorated with design objects and soft furnishings from her Ambre interior décor range.

Generous in size and with fancy amenities like big fridges and proper stoves (rare in Phnom Penh), they feel more like apartments – you’ll want to move in or at the very least make some friends and throw a party. The views from the wraparound windows and balconies over one of the city’s grittier old quarters, not far from the waterfront and markets, are engrossing.

The superb bistro food at the The Fifth Element, the very funky rooftop bar-restaurant, is some of the best in town (in fact, the chicken shawarma is better than any offered at the Arabic restaurants we’ve tried in Phnom Penh). The food, stunning rooftop views, and brilliant cocktails easily make up for the lack of a pool.
123 Street 110, Corner of Street 19

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When it comes to where to stay in Phnom Penh, what are your priorities? Do you have any favourites? Feel free to share tips as to where to stay in Phnom Penh – places that you have tried and tested and love.

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A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

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  1. Yafieda says

    December 17, 2014 at 9:02 am

    Hi Laura,

    Love the list especially when Blue Lime, Plantation and Teahouse are included. There’s also the Patio on BKK1 with a nice sky bar/restaurant, The Artist Guesthouse near the Royal Palace with a cool diner and the Willow Boutique which hosts Trivia Night once a week!

    Cheers,
    Fie

  2. Lara Dunston says

    December 19, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    Thanks! We did try the Patio soon after it opened, but we didn’t think it was up to scratch. What did you like about it apart from the rooftop area?

    Agree that the rooftop bar/resto area is very cool and overall it’s a stylish looking hotel. But we thought the rooms were badly designed, too small, and there was poor attention to detail. The service was dreadful at the time (unusual for Cambodia) and the food was lousy. While both service and food could improve (was it good when you stayed?), they’d have a lot of work to do to replace poor quality fittings in the rooms.

    I’ve had the Willow on my list for a long time to try, but never have enough time to try them all. I’ll look up the Artist Guesthouse – don’t know that one. I’m very keen to try the two Teav hotels when we’re next in Phnom Penh. Have you stayed at those? Would be interested to hear your thoughts: http://www.teavboutiquehotel.com/

    Thanks for dropping by!

  3. Heather says

    December 21, 2014 at 3:41 am

    The amount of value you get here is just astounding, and those pools are the perfect respite from the punishing heat of Phnom Penh … great recommendations, I’ll have to try them when I get back to Cambodia next year!

  4. Lara Dunston says

    December 21, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    Phnom Penh hotels are fantastic value, aren’t they? I think Cambodia must be home to some of the world’s cheapest boutique accommodation. Do try them and let us know what you think. Touch base with us before returning as we probably will have tried another dozen by then. Thanks for dropping by!

  5. Fie says

    December 22, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Hi Lara,

    I didn’t stay at Patio and just had dinner with friends who came to visit. This was just 2 weeks ago and I guess they up their service and food because it was not bad. The only problem was the portion which was tiny and came with an expensive price. Will take your word on the design of the hotel and see it for myself one day. I haven’t been to Teav Hotel either but it looks lovely. Will look out for other new hotels in the area.

    Cheers.
    Fie

  6. Lara Dunston says

    December 22, 2014 at 10:17 am

    Hi Fie – good to hear they’ve improved their food, but unless it’s an extraordinary chef with mind-blowing flavour combinations, tiny portions at high prices can’t be justified in Cambodia, can they? Yeah, the rooms just aren’t as stylish as that rooftop area – which is weird; as if they ran out of money or were cutting costs. I try to stay on top of new openings down there, but would love to hear of any you stumble across – restaurants too. Let us know if you ever come to Siem Reap too!

  7. Helen Cunningham says

    January 29, 2015 at 11:12 am

    I just wanted to say how entertaining and useful we find your stories both before and during our travels – big thanks!

  8. Lara Dunston says

    January 30, 2015 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks, Helen – much appreciated. Nice to see you here. I’ve been dreaming of a trip in one of your Airstreams for years. One day we’ll do it! Don’t ever hesitate to let us know if you ever need tips anywhere.

  9. Marti says

    August 30, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    Thanks so much for the hotel suggestions. I think of myself as a savvy shopper when it comes to vacay accommodations, but I had a heck of a time deciding where to spend my four nights in Phnom Penh. Your blog post helped me finalize my decision. I will be spending my nights at the Blue Lime and some of my afternoons around the pool in those great-looking lounge beds. For the money, I was kinda hoping for a teeny bit more luxury (fluffy bathrobes, slippers, etc.) but ultimately, I decided that a property with fewer rooms would translate to a better travel experience. And for a sunset view with cocktail, I can always go next door to the Okay Hotel’s 16th floor poolside bar.

  10. Lara Dunston says

    September 1, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    Hi Marti, your kind words are appreciated. The Blue Lime’s best rooms with plunge pools are comfortable. For luxury, I recommend Maison d’Ambre or Raffles. Definitely check out the bars at both; Raffles for the history, and Maison d’Ambre for the style, cocktails and views. Enjoy!

  11. Elizabeth says

    October 14, 2015 at 1:12 am

    Hi Lara,

    Great information! Question, is the Maison D’Ambre within walking distance of restaurants/bars etc.? My husband and I are going next month and only have 2 nights in Phnom Penh, so we wanted to stay somewhere we could maximize our time especially in the evening. Any suggestion for which is the best option?

  12. Lara Dunston says

    October 15, 2015 at 6:21 am

    Hi Elizabeth – there are great restaurants and bars scattered all over Phnom Penh, so it really depends where you want to dine/eat. There is actually a brilliant bar and restaurant on the hotel rooftop that I recommend. There are restaurants and bars close by on the waterfront, which, while touristy, are great for soaking up the colour and everyday life along the river, especially around sunset. From Maison d’Ambre you can walk to the river and then stroll right along the waterside promenade, Sisowath Quay. The FCC is at the opposite end of the Quay, and while not currently the most happening spot in town it’s a local institution and a favourite with tourists the first night in town for the river views and colonial vibe, especially at sunset.

    Having said that, catching tuk tuks is a breeze – they are in abundance and dirt-cheap (around $2 for a ride) – so it’s no issue taking a tuk tuk anywhere around town and most of the best bars and restaurants are no more than a 10-15 minute ride away. Do see our Phnom Penh restaurants and bars guides for ideas as to where to go. Also our ‘Weekend in Phnom Penh’ for tips on how to maximise your time. Enjoy!

  13. clare says

    September 29, 2016 at 2:03 pm

    Hi! Lovely suggestions here, some very tempting. On arrival in Phnom Penh in December we’re booked into Arun Villa because it’s one of the few places that accommodate you travelling with a pet! They have been really friendly about us bringing our cat (relocating so she’s flying with us) and the reviews are consistently good. We were booked into Bougainvillier on the riverside but when we changed the date of our flight they were fully booked on the new date so I went back to the drawing board and found Arun Villa. I’ll feed back after our stay!

  14. Lara Dunston says

    October 20, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    Hi Clare – I’d love your feedback. We have a cat ourselves and have been thinking of taking her travelling. Good luck with it all!

  15. Betsy says

    July 9, 2017 at 2:38 pm

    Hi Lara! I love your site! Thank you for all of the great posts. I will be in Laos/Cambodia for July/beginning of August and I have read all of your recommendations and they have been so very helpful! I am traveling solo and I’m trying to decide between Rambutan Resort and The TeaHouse for my four nights in Phnom Penh. Any thoughts?

  16. Lara Dunston says

    July 14, 2017 at 9:36 pm

    Hi Betsy, apologies for the delay getting back to you. I’ve been hosting a 3-week tour in Vietnam. Of those two, I think Rambutan has the better rooms and a lovely pool, and as you have four nights then you won’t mind the additional time it takes to travel to the different parts of the city you’ll want to explore. Plantation is my ultimate pick, and Blue Lime is also really well located. Are you coming to Siem Reap?

  17. Betsy says

    July 21, 2017 at 11:20 pm

    Hi Lara, thanks so much for your response. I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to you, I’ve been traveling in Laos the past week. I will be in Siem Reap July 29-August 3. I’m really looking forward to it!

  18. Lara Dunston says

    August 1, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    Hi Betsy – my turn to apologise. I just saw your most recent comment. Are you here now?

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If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I sh If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I shared a collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts — for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, chilli salt, furakake seasoning, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. 

I love giving homemade edibles as gifts as much as I love receiving them. Who wouldn’t appreciate jars filled with their favourite chilli oils, hot sauces, piquant pickles, and spicy peanuts that loved-ones have taken the time to make? 

Aside from the gesture and affordability of gifting homemade edibles, you’re minimising waste. You can use recycled jars or if buying new mason jars or clip-top Kilner jars, you know they’ll get repurposed.

No need for wrapping, just attach some Christmas baubles or tinsel to the lid. I used squares of Cambodian kramas (cotton scarves), which can be repurposed as napkins or drink coasters, and tied a ribbon or two around the lids, and attached last year’s Christmas tree decorations to some.

You’ll find the recipes here: https://grantourismotravels.com/homemade-edible-christmas-gifts/ (link in bio if you’re seeing this on IG)

Yes, that’s Pepper... every time there’s a camera around... 

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This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’ This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’s perfect if you’re just back from the fish markets armed with luxurious fresh crab meat. It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and very, very moreish.

Our crab omelette recipe was one of our 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022 on our website Grantourismo and it’s no surprise. It’s appeared more times than any other egg recipes on our annual round-ups of most popular recipes since Terence launched Weekend Eggs when we launched Grantourismo in 2010.

If you’re an eggs lover, do check out the recipe collection. It includes egg recipes from right around the world, from recipes for classic kopitiam eggs from Singapore and Malaysia and egg curries from India and Myanmar to all kinds of egg recipes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Mexico, USA, Australia, UK, and Ireland.

And do browse our Weekend Eggs archives for further eggspiration (sorry). We have hundreds of egg recipes from the 13 year-old series of recipes for quintessential egg dishes from around the world, which we started on our 2010 year-long global grand tour focused on slow, local and experiential travel. 

We’re hoping 2023 will be the year we can finally publish the Weekend Eggs cookbook we’ve talked about for years based on that series. After we can find a publisher for the Cambodia cookbook of course... :( 

Recipe collection here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio):
https://grantourismotravels.com/22-most-popular-egg-recipes-of-2022-from-weekend-eggs/

If you cook the recipe and enjoy it please let us know — we love to hear from you — either in the comments at the end of the recipe or share a pic with us here.

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I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angko I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angkor Archaeological Park, home to stupendous Angkor Wat, pictured, celebrated 30 years of its UNESCO World Heritage listing. 

That’s as good an excuse as any to put this magnificent, sprawling archaeological site on your travel list this year.

While riverside Siem Reap, your base for exploring Angkor is bustling once more, there are still nowhere near the visitors of the last busy high season months of December-January 2018-2019 when there were 290,000 visitors. 

Last month there were just 55,000 visitors and December feels a little quieter. A tour guide friend said there were about 150 people at Angkor Wat for sunrise a few days ago.

If you’re looking for tips to visiting Angkor, Siem Reap and Cambodia, just ask us a question in the comments below or check Grantourismo as we’ve got loads of info on our site. Click through to the link in the bio and explore our Cambodia guide or search for ‘Angkor’. 

And please do let us know if you’re coming to Siem Reap. We’d love to see you here x

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Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky, flavourful and succulent chicken thighs that are fantastic with steamed rice, Chinese greens or a salad, such as a Southeast Asian slaw. 

The chicken can be marinated for up to 24 hours before cooking, which ensures it’s packed with flavour, then it can be cooked on a barbecue or in a pan.

Terence’s soy ginger chicken recipe is one of our favourite recipes for a quick and easy meal. I love the sound of the sizzling thighs in the pan, and the warming aromas wafting through the apartment. 

It’s amazing how such flavourful juicy chicken thighs come from such a quick and easy recipe.

Recipe here (and proper link to Grantourismo in our bio): https://grantourismotravels.com/soy-ginger-chicken-recipe/

If you cook it and enjoy it please let us know — we love to hear from you — either here or in the comments at the end of the recipe on the site or share a pic with us x 

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Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re mak Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re making with my market haul from Psar Samaki in Siem Reap — all for a whopping 10,000 riel (US$2.50)?! 

Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

For more on these culinary connections you’ll have to wait for our Cambodian cookbook and culinary history. In a hurry to know? Come support the project on Patreon. (link in bio)

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

I keep getting DMs from pet clothing brands wanting to “partner” with Pepper and send her free cat clothes and cat accessories. Although she did wear a kerchief for a few years in her more adventurous fashion-forward teenage years, I cannot see this cat in clothes now, can you? 

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