Your Khmer in laws eating habits
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Your Khmer in laws eating habits
After travelling 44,000 kms (give or take) across Asia by bicycle its been interesting not only seing the change in culture, but also the change in each countries eating habits. The slow pace allowed us to observe the difference in dishes even between two neighbouring states in the same country.
I really enjoyed all the restaurant food, exept for maybe a period in Myanmar where i had the shits and didnt really appreaciate the amount of oil in the curries.
What has surprised me though is the lack of choice for eating out in each of the countries we have been two off the beaten path. This was a common theme from Laos to Issan, Thailand, especially so in Myanmar, and all rotti's for breakfast and thali's for lunch and dinner in India and now Nepal.
Its been great getting to Kathmandu for some choice.
A friendly Christian in Manipur told me its because they are abit narrow minded with food.
Alot of Napalis evidently eat Dal Baht twice a day, everyday.
So are Khmer's generally eating the same breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday or are they more adventurous with home cooking?
I really enjoyed all the restaurant food, exept for maybe a period in Myanmar where i had the shits and didnt really appreaciate the amount of oil in the curries.
What has surprised me though is the lack of choice for eating out in each of the countries we have been two off the beaten path. This was a common theme from Laos to Issan, Thailand, especially so in Myanmar, and all rotti's for breakfast and thali's for lunch and dinner in India and now Nepal.
Its been great getting to Kathmandu for some choice.
A friendly Christian in Manipur told me its because they are abit narrow minded with food.
Alot of Napalis evidently eat Dal Baht twice a day, everyday.
So are Khmer's generally eating the same breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday or are they more adventurous with home cooking?
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I think people across the world are creatures of habit, not confined to Asia. Go to a popular tourist destination in Europe, say Mallorca, and you'll see more fish and chips shops and German sausage restaurants than you will see Tapas bars.
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The vast majority of Khmers will eat either Rice and Pork, or Noodle Soup for breakfast.
Which is okay once in a while, but is a shame as Cambodia used to have more variety in its breakfast choices.
When I first arrived, every one of the Noodles or Rice breakfast shops also had several other choices as standard:
Mee Ke'ow - dumpling soup (usually filled with pork and onion)
Bor Bor - Rice porridge, pick your main fillings of either, pork, chicken, or seafood
Koh Kor - a beef stew/lightish curry dish
Some places still offer these, although they are nowhere near as popular and as prevalent as they used to be, and are frequently disappointing.
Home Khmer cooking tends to improve and introduce more variance around the main 1001 Khmer holidays, but only if their is an aging Ming or Yay around to deal with it.
Many years back I had about a dozen traditional Khmer recipes from Granny professionally translated - most of which were written up as front page articles here, although I was not able to find them just now when I did a quick search on the front page articles.
tl;dr - Khmer catering skills are going backwards, with only a small number of restaurants making anything more than a basic attempt at it.
Which is okay once in a while, but is a shame as Cambodia used to have more variety in its breakfast choices.
When I first arrived, every one of the Noodles or Rice breakfast shops also had several other choices as standard:
Mee Ke'ow - dumpling soup (usually filled with pork and onion)
Bor Bor - Rice porridge, pick your main fillings of either, pork, chicken, or seafood
Koh Kor - a beef stew/lightish curry dish
Some places still offer these, although they are nowhere near as popular and as prevalent as they used to be, and are frequently disappointing.
Home Khmer cooking tends to improve and introduce more variance around the main 1001 Khmer holidays, but only if their is an aging Ming or Yay around to deal with it.
Many years back I had about a dozen traditional Khmer recipes from Granny professionally translated - most of which were written up as front page articles here, although I was not able to find them just now when I did a quick search on the front page articles.
tl;dr - Khmer catering skills are going backwards, with only a small number of restaurants making anything more than a basic attempt at it.
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The only Khmer eating habit, with exceptions, I’m aware of is slapping lips together like a pig at a trough.
Can’t argue with LPB or Hanno though- I have porridge oats every morning; only one dollop of various jams to mix it up a bit.
Can’t argue with LPB or Hanno though- I have porridge oats every morning; only one dollop of various jams to mix it up a bit.
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ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
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ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
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"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
As much as I hate agreeing with PB,
I will have to say I concur.
I used to enjoy going to various eateries for breakfast,
And then revisiting them for lunch or sometimes dinner.
They had variety, and if you mixed up the places you ate at, you would not repeat
Today the basic street food has become one singular plate of goop.
I will have to say I concur.
I used to enjoy going to various eateries for breakfast,
And then revisiting them for lunch or sometimes dinner.
They had variety, and if you mixed up the places you ate at, you would not repeat
Today the basic street food has become one singular plate of goop.
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
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Maybe it's regional. I get the choice of:Playboy wrote:The vast majority of Khmers will eat either Rice and Pork, or Noodle Soup for breakfast.
Which is okay once in a while, but is a shame as Cambodia used to have more variety in its breakfast choices.
When I first arrived, every one of the Noodles or Rice breakfast shops also had several other choices as standard:
Mee Ke'ow - dumpling soup (usually filled with pork and onion)
Bor Bor - Rice porridge, pick your main fillings of either, pork, chicken, or seafood
Koh Kor - a beef stew/lightish curry dish
Some places still offer these, although they are nowhere near as popular and as prevalent as they used to be, and are frequently disappointing.
Home Khmer cooking tends to improve and introduce more variance around the main 1001 Khmer holidays, but only if their is an aging Ming or Yay around to deal with it.
Many years back I had about a dozen traditional Khmer recipes from Granny professionally translated - most of which were written up as front page articles here, although I was not able to find them just now when I did a quick search on the front page articles.
tl;dr - Khmer catering skills are going backwards, with only a small number of restaurants making anything more than a basic attempt at it.
bor bor (fish/chicken)
Red curry with Khmer noodles
rice and pork/chicken/fish
in one local shack
ko teal (pho)
Pork ribs/pork/chicken
fried rice/noodles
in the next one
The better place in town (where a car loving Hun was having coffee a few days ago, not a pleasant man) has loads of options. The hotplate beef, egg and sardines is my choice.
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After more than 10 years I went back to Europe earlier this year, visiting London, Bath, and Edinburgh. Beautiful cities, beautiful weather, but what really struck me was that people were eating non-stop. Every pedestrian area had one food outlet after the other, and they were all busy, no matter time of day.Playboy wrote:Plus snacks every hourJamie_Lambo wrote:Eat rice 4 times a day or die
My point being that it is not just Khmer that eat all the time. Yes, my Missus also snacks every hour, but it tends to be mostly fruit, not burgers and meat pies.
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I became a fan of the breakfast- pork, rice and eggs. My wife sometimes like noodles soup instead with enough spice to hospitalize a normal human.
Things I did not like from mother-in-law - the bludgeoned chicken with little bones everywhere.
Favorites from my missus - Kaw, Tom Yum, Pho
New favorites my wife added to the rotation - spiral ham, meatloaf
Things I did not like from mother-in-law - the bludgeoned chicken with little bones everywhere.
Favorites from my missus - Kaw, Tom Yum, Pho
New favorites my wife added to the rotation - spiral ham, meatloaf
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I wonder whether dyhydration in hot weather countries makes one have less of an appetite.Hanno wrote:After more than 10 years I went back to Europe earlier this year, visiting London, Bath, and Edinburgh. Beautiful cities, beautiful weather, but what really struck me was that people were eating non-stop. Every pedestrian area had one food outlet after the other, and they were all busy, no matter time of day.Playboy wrote:Plus snacks every hourJamie_Lambo wrote:Eat rice 4 times a day or die
My point being that it is not just Khmer that eat all the time. Yes, my Missus also snacks every hour, but it tends to be mostly fruit, not burgers and meat pies.
Your body needs water for digestion iirc.
When cycling all day in the heat the best tasting thing in the world is plain water, and quite easy to go without eating for awile.
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"The hallmarks of dehydration include thirst and neurological changes such as headaches, general discomfort, loss of appetite..."
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I try very hard never to be dehydrated.spitthedog wrote:"The hallmarks of dehydration include thirst and neurological changes such as headaches, general discomfort, loss of appetite..."
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