I think the story of afternoon snacks due to this funny reason. In dry season, we don’t have much to do so we would gathering by sitting and talking to each other. In order to entertain that gathering, everyone brings their own fruits and food for eating together in such a long talk and gathering. Now, that is not happening a lot in the countryside since people move to work in the city. In the past, women do not go out to work, they stay home and take care of house chores and children so they have so much time chatting around. These days, instead of finger food and such traditional gathering, people would go to the restaurants or shop, chitchatting with food being served or buy those food they want to eat together at work. Businessmen turn this traditional finger food culture to be a business and they make a very good money in town.
Afternoon snacks can come in various forms, such as desserts/sweet, a mix of fruits, and some other dishes!
A mix of fruits and fruits
The very common finger food is nothing beyond a mix of fruits: fruits that have sour taste, bitter taste, sweet taste, mix together and then dip in a variety of dip-sauce, non spicy and spicy and with mixture of salt as well. These fruits provide so much health benefits.
Fruits of these variety of plants are very common among us such as mango - young and green one, wood apple, green banana, green hog plum or Ambarella (ម្កាក់), guava, jujube, young tamarind fruit, star gooseberry, santol fruits and many more. Check out the video here for the virtual tour!
The popular areas for buying them are around Beong Keng Kang area (map) and Wat Phnom at Phnom Penh.
Some seasonal fruits, grilled potatoes, grilled corns, lotus fruits and many others can also be an afternoon snacks
It is very common and you may find them anywhere, either at local market or on the street. I love to buy these things from Toul Tompoung area of Phnom Penh but like I said earlier. It is found almost anywhere! Street venders are almost everywhere! Stop and check on your way, especially when you see many people surrounding those little stores.
Some crispy bananas, potatoes, and rice cakes, shave ices and many other things are available here.
All the foods look very yummy @Sophia_Cambodia Hot snacks as you attached the photos are very tasty during the winter afternoon or evening. Thanks a lot for sharing this nice post with us here. Regards
Hi @Sophia_Cambodia It is with much interesting I am reading the post. The finger foods look taste and attractive . I wish I could come around to taste them all. And I particularly like the friend banana in the picture.
Eating snacks in the afternoon appears to be a unique style @Sophia_Cambodia
Usually, we consume staple foods in the afternoon consisting of preparations made of Wheat, Rice & Curry & Vegetables.
Hehe, we eat all the times @C_T , a friend of mine from Michigan was complaining she had 5 meals a day when visiting my family in my hometown. My parents keep feeding her but everything is available!
@Emmik20 you are right, I can almost have them everyday. They are with great flavors. I love a mix of fruits most. During the day when you are daze off, you eat them dip with spicy salt or dip-sauce you will be awaken. It tastes sour, sweet, bitter all together!
@Sophia_Cambodia Wow, I really enjoyed your article and the beautiful pictures of those tasty snacks! I would love to learn more about the Cambodian culture and lifestyles.
@Sophia_Cambodia Congratulations for being picked as Friday’s Favorites this week. We have the same in common mostly. I’m surprised we also have Coconut Rice Pancake too. That’s cool. Thank you for sharing your yummy experience with us.
oh delicious… those photos are simply so inviting. It is very interesting to discover the local street food and I like it too, if I would be there I would try them all, curious to discover .
Thank you for sharing always your local culture and congratulations for being featured as Friday Favorites.
@LuigiZ thank you very much for your beautiful comment, very inspiring to have ongoing support from everyone. This featuring from GMs and CMs are very motivated and means a lot to me. Thank you once again
and we eat all the time!
