Le Broken Plate Falls Flat In Its New Location
Last year I visited Le Broken Plate a few times, and wrote this glowing review of a night there. The location
Read MoreLast year I visited Le Broken Plate a few times, and wrote this glowing review of a night there. The location
Read MoreCambodia is changing. On the way out are the wretched, the desperate, the runaways, alkies and deathpats. They don’t suit
Read MoreI had some friends visiting from out of town for a week, and they wanted to have a fun and
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Read MoreIt’s disappointing when you go into a restaurant expecting to love it, and come away underwhelmed. That’s exactly what happened
Read MoreBetween the main expat hubs of BKK1 and Russian Market there is the Toul Sleng area – a neighbourhood with a diverse mix of Khmer, Vietnamese and barang inhabitants. There, you’ll find a handful of underrated and unknown restaurants and cafes. Mostly, they are family-run establishments serving homemade fare to ardent regulars.
Read MoreIn a city where food options abound and where restaurants and cafes open and close almost daily, it takes something special to keep doing the same thing year after year and remain successful. Focusing on developing a good formula that people like, and being renowned for consistent quality is a recipe for success. It’s something Phnom Penh institution Armand’s has been doing for years. And long may it continue.
Read MoreIt’s a constant refrain on both Khmer440 and pretty much any guidebook you care to mention: Khmer food really isn’t up to much, especially when compared to that of its neighbours in Thailand and Vietnam. It’s a terrible admission but in the two years or more I’ve been living in Phnom Penh, I’ve never bothered trying local cuisine.
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Read MoreNaomi Collett Ritz tries out a unique new restaurant in Siem Reap, based on Cambodia’s love of insects. The Bug Cafe features a menu of tarantula-stuffed donuts, ant-filled muffins and – her favourite – scorpions.
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