welcome to my food tour of cambodia
this is chicken blood
have you checked out my cambodia travel guide yet if not i would definitely recommend checking
it out because it will help you a lot during your stay the link is above this country is
super exciting full of flavor and there's so much variety that even if you try something new every
day you wouldn't run out of food in months flavors are great and amazing and if you don't like very
spicy food you have some good news because it's a little bit like thai food but less spicy so
that is something good we can always make it spicy which is what i like to do so i would definitely
recommend trying a lot of street food because that's where you get most of the flavor and there
are so many different things and one thing i would definitely say is you just always find these weird
surprises in their food so always check what you're eating like for example they like throwing
dried blood in it which is like cooked blood or they would just show you know chicken stomach
and something so they don't like wasting food so if you are a little weird about that
rightfully you definitely need to check what you're eating and without wasting more time
let's start this beautiful journey let's eat our way around cambodia
let's start with breakfast of course so you need to come to one of these roadside cafes
to try the actual proper khmer breakfast and that includes really interestingly baguette
some stewed beef and you can have noodles which are either egg noodles or rice noodles with
chicken pork beef whatever you want it's really up to you and you can have the same thing with
rice so the variety is really huge i've chosen the stewed beef and chicken noodles to try what
it's like you can make them more spicy but i don't think it really i don't really fancy
that in the morning so let's start with the stewed beef so you take some bread and you
basically dip it okay has a slightly sweet touch which i really like and let's check the noodles
okay have someone to share the breakfast with i like that about these places so this is a little
bland of course because it's in a clear broth i think to make it better you have the sauce
which i'll just put in i don't know if that's the right thing to do or not but
instantly better definitely use the sauce okay i'm gonna go finish all of this because it's
really yummy you go and see all the breakfast you can get in the hotels because most of
them do come with breakfast and they do have pretty good options see you in the next section
i'm here for a very essentially cambodian experience beef barbecue
before we start we have to make some sauce so it comes like this
and we add some lemongrass and lime to it and if you want to make it spicy you can throw in
a bit of chili which i really like if i can grab it today and if you want you can add some peanuts
to it as well because why not right mix it all up really nicely and then you try some of the salad
here this is actually banana flowers the rest of the stuff you know beans etc etc you take the beef
which is barbecued freshly you dip it in and there we go
really good let's try with a little bit of the salad as well
how could i forget dessert eh so i came to this streetside place and they have
some interesting things i'm gonna try two of these so this one is sticky rice with cucumber
i don't know how that works but i'm willing to give it a try keep an open mind let's see right
okay this one gets a thumbs up and the next one is sago with some banana and sticky rice
with some coconut and i love coconuts so definitely yes a small correction this is
not with cucumber it's actually with melon i was a little surprised as well equally good though
cambodia is a tropical country which means tons of really yummy fruit
and this is a good plate to kind of give you an idea
one thing that i have always seen in the west and never liked is the dragon fruit so i think it was
mainly because it was never properly ripened so i'm gonna give this a try oh my god this is
great honestly this is the first time i've had like a properly ripened dragon fruit and it is
yummy mangoes are great passion fruit is great everything is amazing don't miss it out seriously
talking of fruits you have to come to markets to try quite a lot of different stuff
this is jackfruit and something you definitely don't want to miss
i absolutely love it it's also the best way to try different fruit as like really cheap prices
it tastes like fragrant custard which is amazing and a little bit like melon like sweet melon
i have found another fruit that i've never seen or tried or even heard of before it's called the
milk fruit and this is what it looks like inside let's give it a try it's okay i mean nothing crazy
but worth a try i found this as well this is a plum and i've never seen this before in my
life let's try it out surprisingly is sort of like a mixture of the japanese fruit and plums
and tastes really nice not overly sweet
another thing to try okay we're not done yet we have one more fruit to try and this
is the palm fruit so be careful because it squirts in your mouth it has liquid inside
okay so it is a little bland version of coconut and it has the water is quite nice as well so
definitely give this one a try this is fruit salad the cambodian way look that's like guava mangoes
everything and you just get it like that you can add those little spices at the
end or they can give it to you on the side but don't forget to try it it's really good
another absolute favorite of mine is the sugar cane juice they make it like right fresh in
front of you and it is really good during the day when you have that little bit of an energy slump
because this is literally all sugar but it's really good it tastes really amazing
oh and they add a little bit of lemon to make it even better
i'm here to try khmer noodles which are these noodles with chicken
and something interesting this is chicken blood i think i will leave this on the side for now
so the noodles bowl comes with some herbs pickles fresh lime fresh chili or you can also add
some dried chili which i already did and the chicken curry is really nice for the noodles but
because there's quite a lot of french influence you can actually try the curry
with the bread as well so this is baguette bread the french one
and it is really nice to try the curry so all the curries here are called amok the coconut
ones they're different from the thai curries so without wasting more time let's get going
i really like that it's not as spicy as thai but just the right amount of spice
and you're never far from adding more if you fancy more and i've never eaten flowers in food before
i mean i have but they're just for decoration but this one apparently alters the taste as well
i don't really think that does anything but this is really nice
okay i'm gonna finish this see you in a bit if you have the stomach for it
barbecue on the streets is the best food you can have in cambodia this one is right across
from my hotel and i've been eating here like the last three days it's really yummy and super cheap
you can't miss beef lok lak when you are in cambodia it is basically
sizzling pepper beef cubed beef that has been prepared with some oyster sauce and pepper
and it is pretty much everywhere but i would definitely recommend trying it at a street side
restaurant because that's the best way to get to know the dish nice and spicy and you always
get some sauce in case you want to make it more spicy but i think this is just perfect on its own
this is not my hot drink this is just a mug with my cutlery i like that in cambodia
to always bring you your cutlery and a hot boiling cup of water all you gotta do is just wipe it
and it's good to use the best solution to the plastic problem
a big advantage of traveling by public transport is because they stop at the local places we can
actually try the food that normal people eat and i have these beans with a little bit of meat
and also the bitter gourd which i've been meaning to try but i haven't been able to
sort of get my hands on in the city so let's give it a taste test and see what it is like
it actually is a really really favorite vegetable of mine okay
you have to try bitter gourd this is something great it is a little bitter at first but
really yummy afterwards okay i love it how about the beans now
with lemongrass again some things definitely need to try you know in the cities it's not
very common to try veggies but they are some of the best that i tried in cambodia
and you should definitely not miss these i'm gonna finish this and i have a bus to get on
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