Today we wrapped up two fun weeks in Cambodia and are waiting to board our flight to Taipei, Taiwan where we'll be for the next few weeks celebrating our birthdays.
For the last week in Cambodia, we've been in the capital city Phnom Penh where we visited the genocide museum and memorial, went on a sunset Mekong River cruise, explored neighborhoods and markets, and did a food tour which was the highlight of our time in the city (this is the food tour we did if you’re interested).
Before deciding to come to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh wasn't really on our radar. Cambodia is many times overshadowed by Thailand and Vietnam, for tourism, but it proved to be an interesting place. There are a ton of ex-pats living and working here (we met almost a dozen Americans and Brits in our short time here) and there seems to be a lot of investment flowing into the country. The city feels alive and the growth seems to be taking off.
Here’s some photos from our time here in Phnom Penh:
Different brands of sweetened condensed milk - a staple in Cambodia and SE Asia. The vintage branding on the ‘My Boy’ brand is incredible.
Lort Cha: stir-fried short rice noodles with water spinach and bean sprouts. You load up the plate with different sauces and seasonings to your liking…soy sauce, chili sauce, pickled garlic, pickled chilis, etc, and add an egg or other protein.
Fried glutinous rice cake with sauteed spring onions.
Pork noodle soup traditionally eaten for breakfast and is doctored up with various condiments to your liking.
Strong black Robusta coffee with fresh sugarcane juice. The other popular coffee you’ll find in Cambodia is Khmer coffee which is the same strong black Robusta coffee with sweetened condensed milk. You can specify how sweet you want it (thankfully LOL).
Banh Xeo: Cambodia yellow pancake stuffed with various fillings. This one had minced pork, shrimp, and other spices. You eat it by wrapping the pancake in lettuce leaves with various fresh herbs.
A Cambodia morning market in Phnom Penh
Salted eggs
Nom Chorng: Cambodian fried dough. You’ll see them plain and shaped like a breadstick, or in a circular shape with sesame seeds on the outside and slightly sweetened.
A Cambodian temple seen from the Mekong River at sunset
Wow. The food all looks AMAZING!
Love it. ;-D