So it turns out that those people that I accused of romanticising Cambodian rice a few years ago were right. The Phka Malis variety is the best in the world. From the International Rice Research Institute: Cambodian rice variety Phka Rumduol, often called Phka Malis or Cambodia Jasmine Rice by rice millers and traders, was… Continue reading Cambodian rice is the best in the world
Category: Cambodian Food
Khmer cuisine
I have seen the Bulgarian Ambassador
Originally sent: 2 February 2006 About this series Happy Australia Day and Lunar New Year! M and I celebrated by going to the Australian Embassy function at Phnom Penh’s most expensive hotel, Raffles, and drinking imported stubbies of Victoria Bitter at their expense. Thanks again, foolish Australian taxpayer. The Australian Embassy paid Raffles to serve… Continue reading I have seen the Bulgarian Ambassador
Your tax dollars buy my aid junket
Originally sent: 29 December 2005 About this series After getting back here from Australia, I had a trip to Sihanoukville for Australian Volunteers “In Country Meeting” which I could only describe as an “utterly pointless AusAid-funded junket”. I used those exact words on the evaluation sheet of the meeting, so hopefully it will filter back… Continue reading Your tax dollars buy my aid junket
Rice and Pork
[link_content]Austin Bush takes on one of my favourite Cambodian dishes: Pork and Rice [/link_content]
Ratspotting
Originally sent: 12 May 2005. About this series. I spotted my first rat on the way to work this morning which was the size of a small pony. It was headed in the direction of my house. Things bode ill. I’ve just finished my first few weeks of work and it has been incredibly hard… Continue reading Ratspotting
Loc Lac Variation Spotting
Image via Serving Sake to a Serb Loc Lac (as I’ve talked about before) is one of those dishes in Cambodia that has no authentic version but multitude variations – pretty much any dish which has a primary component of cubed, stir-fried beef fits the bill, which can be fried with anything insofar as it… Continue reading Loc Lac Variation Spotting
On the lack of food blog coherence
Grapes, apropos of nothing Sorry I’ve been a bit light on providing content over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy elsewhere, in a frenzy that sounds lke it comes straight from the kitchen of a Wes Anderson film. At SBS, I’ve been writing on those interlinked topics of mince and chicken tikka lasagne from… Continue reading On the lack of food blog coherence
Cambodian food reviewing: You’re doing it right.
It turns out that with only three months left in 2008, Cambodian is not the new Thai. But what has changed over the year is the tone of reviewing. Reviewers are starting to understand how to eat Cambodian food. This week the NY Times revisits two Cambodian restaurants in New York. The results are mixed,… Continue reading Cambodian food reviewing: You’re doing it right.