Comments on: Cambodian Food https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/ Postcards from the Edge Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-60646 Sun, 16 Feb 2014 15:02:59 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-60646 In reply to Drew.

It is seriously under-rated.

]]> By: Drew https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-60575 Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:31:51 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-60575 Amazing!! I will be in Cambodia in 10 days.. Looking forward to the awesome food!!

Drew

]]> By: Theodora https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-24493 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:38:32 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-24493 In reply to Ourjourneytothesea.

Well, the sandwiches and some of the French cafes are excellent. (Although I prefer Lao sandwiches to Cambodian.) But. seriously, if you’re going to be colonised by anyone, make it the French, not the British…

]]> By: Ourjourneytothesea https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-24416 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:53:09 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-24416 I had nothing but wonderful experiences with the Cambodian food. And for those scared to try the traditional stuff, I found the Cambodians made western food better than most western countries. My mouth waters as I think about my daily breakfast noodles for 50 cents from the street cart in Siem Reap.

]]> By: T https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-11496 Sat, 15 May 2010 07:29:19 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-11496 Very true. Unfortunately many tourists who go there seem to expect the food to be Thai-like so that probably influences the restaurants as they don’t want to disappoint the customers. I eat Cambodian food regularly at my girlfriend’s house so I’m lucky enough to eat true food. Interestingly enough, we recently went to Japan and visited a Cambodian restaurant in Tokyo and it was nearly identical to the home cooked Cambodian food! The owner set up in 1982 and his staff are Cambodian too.

]]> By: MummyT https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-11495 Thu, 13 May 2010 08:56:18 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-11495 In reply to T.

Hi T, Thanks for the comments! I entirely agree with you re: local Cambodian food, and I think I said that the fear of local cuisine was beginning to disappear. The point I think I was trying to make, as regards Cambodian and Thai food, is that in many restaurants catering to a tourist crowd the flavours are much, much more Thai (including use of chilli) than the earthier flavours you find in traditional Cambodian places. I think there’s been a huge amount of culinary cross-pollination in the region due to the incredibly fluid boundaries over the last thousand years (and longer)…

]]> By: T https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-11494 Thu, 13 May 2010 08:04:13 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-11494 P.S Evidence of Cambodia’s close relation to old khmer food is the fact that many dishes are not as spicy as thai dishes because chilli wasn’t introduced to asia until around the 16th century by i think the Portuguese

]]> By: T https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-11493 Thu, 13 May 2010 08:00:24 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-11493 Thai food comes from khmer cuisine thousands of years ago. khmer empire occupied angkor (in cambodia) and the rest of cambodia including thailand and other surroundings. cambodian food isn’t serving versions of thai food it is serving khmer food and thai serve their versions of khmer food, neither mimic each other. it is true that restaurants don’t often serve traditional local cambodian cuisine (due to bad rumours about prahok etc.) but that is changing. in fact, traditional local cambodian food is fantastic and just as good as (and specially different in its own way) as thai food.

]]> By: Helen https://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/02/27/cambodian-food/#comment-11492 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:56:11 +0000 http://travelswithanineyearold.com/?p=266#comment-11492 Fantastic – can I join you?

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