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Monday 6 March 2017

The foooooooood.

salad rolls. Not super impressive, but I was excited. PP.
mom found her bacon and eggs.

a local street stand outside the Russian market. I often eat before I photo because stoopid.

My dad said "looks like they're selling nuts in something across the street" so I ran out to discover a wooden cart full of warm river clams. They were delicious, if risky. You open them with your teeth which is very hard.

This is at the Foreign Correspondent's Club in PP.

spring rolls, bruschetta, crab cakes at the FCC


Chris' first fish amok, the national dish. Delicious. At the FCC.

I cannot remember what this cocktail was, but it was very good. FCC.

a rooftop patio recommended by a friend, Moroccan food.

Tagine

Curried chicken at the same rooftop patio. Gorgeous views.
we found this amazing Italian place in PP, the meatballs were to die for

My dad got the best shortribs I have ever had

artichoke and pancetta paperadelle

dad wasn't hungry but the ribs were so so good

pretty cappucino

slightly eggy creme brulee

at Romdeng, as per Stacey. So glad we went.

passionfruit cocktail

tarantulas, deep friend and whole

Chris eating them

they were really big

Fish amok, the best we had

pumpkin soup, Romdeng.
Breakfast soup in Battambang, I love there breakfast soup. Like slightly sweet Pho.

another breakfast soup. Easy to find, go into any market before 9am, sit next to an elderly local and point at what they're eating, et voila, for about two dollars.

a wonderful fish soup in Battambang

Ginger chicken. They use so much ginger (that's all the matchsticks) and it's wonderful.


this was a place recommended by another tourist called About the World, an NGO restaurant / charity.

I went to the only East Asian country that doesn't use spice. Be wary when asking for hot sauce.
Khmer chips, the chilli straws were very good.
this is what the street clam carts look like, they are all over the place.

a really good lemon tart

The Italian boy wanted pizza. Siem Riep.

Long Island iced teas, they really pack a punch!
the end of a mango smoothie at 4:30 am after dancing all night. I would prefer to be in bed.

simple chicken soup for the sore tummy in me.

Miss Wongs, one of my favourite restaurants on earth.

They had beautiful and delicious cocktails

bombay, elderflower, ginger and lime

the set dim sum meal for chinese new year



my happy place.


rose and lemongrass martini
as illustrated, go to the market and just pick something.

the market, Siem Riep

a very delicious something.

a simpler something.

I fucking LOVE fresh coconut juice.


guy next to us ordered an 18 dollar (american) steak. We lol'd.
this is kampot pepper finely crushed with lemon juice as a sauce for the below. It was amazing, and I got seconds. Have yet to make it correctly here, but not for want of trying.

a chicken fried rice so full if lemong
rass and ginger that I can smell this photo.


a roadside stand. You may be able to tell by now that the soups are the best!

typical food stalls on the street, you peek in all the lids and pick what you like.

Kapot pepper crab, just divine.

entire pepper groups just tossed in fresh, they were delicious!
steamed barracuda, caught fresh and grilled over open flame on the beach.

side of veggies

fancy restaurant, Chris ordered the 4 seasons pizza (we were a little tummy ill and wanted canadian food). Any excuse for wieners, yah!

I had a very good burger.
the street, every street in every town, is full of these stands.

You get what you get and sometimes it's wonderful.
bad photo but this steamed dumpling had a layer of yam topped with a meat patty inside that was awesome.

Chris got ... something else.

I thought I had pictures of Tanya's from Ukraine breakfasts but apparently I don't. She makes the best blinis I have ever had, eggs, bread, chicken fried chicken type stuff?, soup, a huge pot of tea, and so much more, in bounty. For the two of us. I miss Tanya.

gnocchi

tortellini

cappucino, all at Otres beach in Sihanoukville
just a head full of lobster

a little pepper, a squeeze of lime... et voila!

the octopus was lovely

Pimms cup! (with which we toasted Stacey again).

these are rice ball type things that were really good.

MANGOSTEEN IS THE BEST FRUIT.

That's huge! 
I do not care where I am, if there is beef carpaccio I will order it every time. It was great!

duck breast and fries near the beach in Kep
Beef lok lak at Sothy's pepper farm in Kampot. This is the other famous dish of the Khmer.

at the crab markets in Kep.

Kampot pepper crab, I could eat this every day for the rest of my life.

heh, "breakfast".

chili chicken

this is at the yacht club in Kep, the crab cakes were really, really good.

pork belly Khmer style

the girl we met up with got crab fettucine

chris got sliders

dessert was black bean brownies and coconut ice cream

passionfruit awesome.
now we're in Japan at that little ramen place... so beautiful.

The steamy closeness of the seats, the poetic movements of the cooks, the smells...

and gyoza, better than I have had here.
There is more food I ate of course, but I got lazy towards the end with photographing things and also had 2 bouts of gastrointestinal distress and did not eat for 3 days each time and it seems I am missing some pages of this blog altogether. I will have to go through my uploads and find them.