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Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: Malis
I am greeted at the entrance of Malis restaurant by a life-sized meditating God-King statue whose presence is akin to the Chinese “spirit wall” which stands in front of the doors of buildings functioning to block evil spirits from passing…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews: The Emperors of China
The best dim sum I ever had was in Hong Kong, where there are endless numbers of Dim Sum houses. The elements of a perfect dim sum experience are these: a vast dining hall; large buzzing crowds waiting or gathered…
Phnom Penh Restaurant Reviews – Shandong
Since taking over as 440 restaurant reviewer from the gin-sodden Lord Playboy (a man with more fingers in more pies than an octopus on quality-control duty at a pie factory), I make no apologies for rigorously investigating the best options…
Bambi and Chips in Battambang
You’d hardly notice it, tucked away down a central but quiet and slightly gritty side road near the train station, Jip Sreng was the world’s gloomiest aircraft hanger – a vast bleak ballroom of a place more or less empty…
Supper and Breakfast in Battambang
We’d planned to take last night’s supper just out of town at ‘the restaurant with three wives,’ Chhay Vet and myself, mainly because I was highly curious to see the owner, a man with not one, not two but three…
Return to Ko Ko Ro – Phnom Penh
Last night I was completely famished and could not face another bowl of prahok, noodles or soup if my life depended upon it. A colleague in the office who shares a similar penchant for Japanese food had mentioned a great…
Recipes for Pig Noses – or something or another
AKA I’m Glad I’m in Cambodia and not the Philippines It is early evening in the Playboy Mansion, when there is an unexpected knock on our front door ? very unusual again ? it is my Filipino neighbour, Dr Fil,…
The Lord Playboy Fine Dining Register: Restaurant La Tour
Restaurant La Tour French and Asian food 33, Street 108, Phnom Penh Ph: 023 996 409 Ph: 012 559 101 During an average Monday evening’?s drunken mayhem of sweet sherry mixed with babysham slammers the editor of this august E-zine…
The Lord Playboy Fine Dining Register: Rasmay Sorya Restaurant
Rasmay Sorya Restaurant Khmer food 11, Street 108 – Near Norodom Boulevard Phnom Penh Having not had any rice or noodles for a day or so, Lady Playboy and I decided to go out to a Khmer restaurant for a…
Lord Playboy”s Cambodian Nibbles: The Shop
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The Shop 39, Street 240, Phnom Penh 023 986 964 I was having a serious problem the other afternoon, I just had too much goddamn cash in my pockets; every time I pulled out my phone, wads of it would…