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Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Hotel Nine
Dining at the Hotel Nine restaurant has dispelled a couple of myths for me: 1. Hotel restaurants aren’t usually very good, and 2. Tapas are too small to be satisfying. This unassuming little spot is quite the hidden gem. Unadvertised,…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Gastrobar Botanico
Getting into Gastrobar Botanico is a bit like foraging in the jungle. If you don’t have a machete on hand, it’s a bit of a challenge to skirt the hanging vines and push through the leafy plants flapping across the…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Fish and Company
Something Fishy? Spending an evening at Fish and Company is a bit like walking into a David Lynch movie. Imagine “Finding Nemo” meets “Fawlty Towers”. Toss in the scene from “Poseidon Adventure” where a band plays in the corner of…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Indian Delight
It’s hard to resist a restaurant when the menu uses words like “spit-drooling”, “hunger-evoking” and “finger-licking”. It’s also impossible to wrap your mind around the following phrase, displayed prominently on the menu at Indian Delight – “Our aromatic appealing dishes…
Phnom Penh Hotel Reviews: The Plantation
There’s only one problem with staying in the rooftop Jacuzzi suite at the Plantation (Phnom Penh’s newest urban retreat): It has spoiled me for travelling anywhere else for a while. It’s like the first time I upgraded to Business Class….
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Lian Rong
There’s not much in the way of frills or décor at Lian Rong, but the florescent lighting and basic outfitting of this unassuming little place on Monivong provide cover for a dining spot where you may find more than you…
Cheap and Cheerful Places to Eat, Cambodia Style
When I first arrived in Phnom Penh, all I wanted from a restaurant was air-conditioning. Nothing appealed to me on the riverfront. I hadn’t yet discovered Brown’s or Vego. And the last place I wanted to be was anywhere near…
Before the Laughter Began – Dara Than’s Story
Deep furrows run from the corners of Dara Than’s eyes. They come from countless smiles that cause his face to contort as he bashfully covers his mouth, as wheezy explosions of laughter wrack his rotund body when something strikes him…
Stephen Jetes His Way to Cambodia: New Ballet School Poised to Open This Month
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Stephen Bimson curls his bare feet under him in the white leather chair in a local coffee shop. He gestures with a graceful sweep of his hand as though he’s brushing away crumbs from an imaginary table and his grey-green…