[Cambodian food] Some special food around Cambodia

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Revolving around food, I would like to introduce few regional dishes that are best in Cambodia. Some provinces are very good with somethings. Lucky me, I have traveled often around Cambodia so I am able to taste those specialty. There are few provinces that have best food ever, Kompot, Battambang, Koh Kong, Phnom Penh, Takeo and Prey Veng, my hometown.

Fresh water lobster, grilling :D to go well with Koh Kong sauce
Fresh water lobster, grilling :D to go well with Koh Kong sauce2048Γ—1365 359 KB

Some dishes are very common but some are signature of the specific regions only.

  • Common: food that you can find anywhere, such as bamboo shoot soup, sizzling pancakes, rice noodle, Teouk Kreoung or Asian Mackerel dip sauce, papaya salad, corn salad, rice roll, sour fruits as snacks during the day!
  • Kompot specialties: famous for its seafood, ex. crab fried-rice, rice noodle with hot soup.
  • Koh Kong, famous for its seafood too, crab, shrimp and lobsters! There is a restaurant along the way that you can order in advanced those fresh seafood, Google map is here.
  • Takeo: fresh water lobsters that are found in the lake. A kilo is 30-40$. Only specific season you can have them.
  • Battambang: also very famous for its fruits and roasted duck, and some special noodles such as Macaroni pasta Asian style which you can search on Google map here… In Siem Reap, there is a specific one that is so good and only found in here, raw fermented fish with pork intestine.
  • Vegetarian food can be found a lot in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap such as at Vitking house which you can find here
  • Actually, there are more but I am fascinated with these dishes and I have them frequently.

Bamboo shoot soup, serving as lunch or dinner - commonly seen at the restaurants or at home
Bamboo shoot soup, serving as lunch or dinner - commonly seen at the restaurants or at home2048Γ—1365 230 KB
Revolving from papaya salad, this is Corn salad with fresh crab - common as street food - serve as snack
Revolving from papaya salad, this is Corn salad with fresh crab - common as street food - serve as snack1440Γ—1040 135 KB
Rice roll, commonly seen at market, or street food - served as snack
Rice roll, commonly seen at market, or street food - served as snack2048Γ—1153 207 KB
Sizzling Pancakes or Banh Chhav - served as snack or breakfast or lunch, commonly seen as street food
Sizzling Pancakes or Banh Chhav - served as snack or breakfast or lunch, commonly seen as street food1440Γ—810 112 KB
This special dish is popular in Kompot province, rice noodle with hot fish soup. You find this nowhere else!
This special dish is popular in Kompot province, rice noodle with hot fish soup. You find this nowhere else!1440Γ—989 163 KB
Crab fried rice - specialty of Kompot province, if you find anywhere else, they are not best like in Kompot. My breakfast, recommended while in Kompot!
Crab fried rice - specialty of Kompot province, if you find anywhere else, they are not best like in Kompot. My breakfast, recommended while in Kompot!1440Γ—810 82 KB
This steamed chicken on rice, speciality from Takeo. You find nowhere else!
This steamed chicken on rice, speciality from Takeo. You find nowhere else!2048Γ—1153 300 KB

This Macaroni pasta Asian style only found in Battambang. You find nowhere else!
This Macaroni pasta Asian style only found in Battambang. You find nowhere else!2048Γ—1536 327 KB

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αž˜αŸ‰αžΆαŸ†αž†αŸ…αž–αŸ„αŸ‡αžαžΆαž“αŸ‹ a raw fermented fish with pork intestine - specific in Siem Reap956Γ—1276 173 KB

All photos took by myself and all dishes have also been consumed by me.

** Please follow this https://www.google.com/maps/placelists/list/8vXm–TSVhXLdxQg1cn0D7xstHYOhQ for the list of restaurants for these special food around Cambodia in Google maps.

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[In-Person] Cambodia, August 02, Battambang Meetup: Ride & Map with Local Guide Sophat
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@AdamGT @Erik_van_den_Ham @Ant_Bad_Yogi it is almost lunch time, you guys remind me of these food. I want to share them with you!

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These all look so delicious @Sophia_Cambodia and even at 6.28 am I would really like to taste some of these. Can you tell a bit more on the Sizzling Pancakes or Banh Chhav?

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Sharing food virtually is not much fun @Sophia_Cambodia but still you get my taste buds active! You seem to have big lunches in Cambodia :wink:

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@Sophia_Cambodia Lucky me that I just had some snacks so I’m not too hungry when I see these food photos of yours. Hahaha. We have most of dishes you have too. I have a question though. For the steamed chicken on rice, is it the normal steamed rice or how you cook it?

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@Erik_van_den_Ham thank you, the pancake has meat stuff inside which you eat together with side vegetable. It can be with chicken, or pork.

It goes together with sauce, vegetables and this one. It is very popular that you can find in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand.

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@AdamGT I know and sorry for this :smile:

It is one dish each time we have but some dishes I have double at once :smile:

Mine alone at once! Whenever I visit Kompot
Mine alone at once! Whenever I visit Kompot2048Γ—1536 654 KB

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@Ant_Bad_Yogi hahaha, lolz.

Rice before steamed, they fried it with garlic then steam it by using water from boiling chicken to cook the rice and add some ginger & spring onion in it. I will try it soon.

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The photographs of food dishes in your post looks delicious and tasty @Sophia_Cambodia I like the taste of lobsters cooked in biryani rice.

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@Sophia_Cambodia OK, I see. We have it too. :slightly_smiling_face: Enjoy your meal.

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@Ant_Bad_Yogi I mean to write spring onion but I wrote spring rolls hehe

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@fasi6083 nice dear, I am glad but may you point out which one?

I don’t see any lobster on rice? Did you mean rice roll with shrimp inside?

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Wow…! what a variety of mouth-watering dishes in Cambodia :yum:

All photos are nice as always @Sophia_Cambodia

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@TusharSuradkar thank you dear, you are not a vegetarian, aren’t you?

Because most of dish are not vegetarian. I am glad you love them :slightly_smiling_face:

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@Ant_Bad_Yogi You are right here, I believe some dishes are not originated from Cambodia ourselves but they are popular among us. Maybe the taste are made to meet our taste.

However, some places they do very well and in a specific way that you can find anywhere else!

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You guessed it correct @Sophia_Cambodia but how did you? :thinking:

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@TusharSuradkar all of the dish are non-vegetarian and you enjoyed looking at them so I guess you don’t have a diet.

These dishes are so good and as I have been traveling and ate very good food since I was a kid, I know when I get the yummy one.

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Iam saying in general @Sophia_Cambodia We have this regional food called Shrimps pulao, where we use shrimps instead of Lobsters.

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@fasi6083 I see, they must be yummy! Thanks for sharing that :slightly_smiling_face:

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Hi @Sophia_Cambodia what can I say . The foods on the table are tempting already, I am looking at set of delicious dishes Which no one can ignore. They exactly what I love to it. Crab , mushroom , fish , Rice are what my taste buds excited. Thanks for posting this, it is just superb.

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