Angkor Wat Cambodia, a Comprehensive Siem Reap Travel Guide
Although Cambodia is a part of my heritage, it is not the reason that ignited my interest of Angkor Wat. First, and foremost, I am very fond of history. Visiting historical sites around the world has always been the main reason for my travels. I love the thought of being able to walk through a time machine -step into another life, another world, another existence. So fascinating. To actually take a step that leads you back to 802 CE. For other travellers of Cambodia, their fascination is more obvious, it the undeniably iconic Angkor Wat, built by the Khmer …
Khmer Food Recipe: Cambodian Stuffed Chicken Wings (Slab Moan Baok)
Everywhere I go in Asia, I always find myself surrounded by food stalls. We push and pull like magnets. I’m on a strict diet of NSMY (not stuffing my face), so I’m always trying to pull away, but always, it pulls me in; like Winnie to his honey pot. I just can’t win. Especially against Cambodian food. Not far from Siem Reap, a locally loved, and popular funfair surrounded by dozens of authentic street food stalls, pulled me in with its alluring scent, and exotic arrays of barbequed yummies (is that not a word?). This isn’t the usual, chicken and beef barbeque of …
How to Make Num Banh Chok
While staying with my mother in Cambodia for a few months, I’ve learned to appreciate one of her favorite Cambodian food, a traditional breakfast called nom banh chok –rice noodle served with fish gravy and freshly foraged wild grown Cambodian vegetables (some of which does not have an English name), eaten with a few chilli peppers on the side. Like all our morning breakfast in Cambodia, it’s served at room temperature, in a plastic bag, delivered to our house. No, we did not make the call for delivery. Every morning, our local vendor would take her bike, filled her basket to the …
