Cambodia

Recently, it was the Ramadhan holidays which gave mum, sis and I, a chance to travel. The break wasn't that long, so we took the chance to go somewhere near aka Cambodia. We had a really short stay, it was a 3 days 2 nights trip. We stayed at Tan Kang Hotel (i forgot to take pictures of the hotel, but i remembered choosing this hotel as they offered a triple bed room, and its really close to the Market for shopping and Pubstreet for food).

When we reached the Siem Reap Airport, we were greeted by our trusty Tuk Tuk Driver Mr Chanthan. . First Tuk Tuk ride in Cambodia. We took around 20 mins to reach the hotel from the airport. I suggest to bring a mask and maybe a scarf when riding a Tuk Tuk for protection, as you are practically having air blown full force at you with an extra hint of dust and smoke as the tuk tuk gets you to places.. :)

Our Tuk Tuk Ride

So, our first agenda when we reached was to fill our tummies. We headed straight to Kitchen Angkor Chey. Well, it was recommended by our tuk tuk driver but we found out it was a tad bit pricey $7 per dish. With that said, the food was satisfying. We tried the Cambodian traditional dishes which were : Beef Lok Lak ( Something like beef with a tomato-ish sauce, it came with a sourish dipping sauce which made it perfect), Fish Amok ( Coconuty dish with lotsa vege and fish) and Khmer Curry.. I still prefer Indian curry which is thicker with spices, the Khmer curry was too watery for me.

Beef Lok Lak, Fish Amok, Khmer Curry

The next highlight was our buffet dinner at Koulen Restaurant. It was a buffet dinner with a complementary dance show. $12 per person. I forgot to take pictures of the spread of food but rest assured that there was ample of variety. It was just that, i'm so used to spicy food, that if the food isn't spicy, i kind of have the feeling it is bland, when its not. Yeah Cambodian Food aren't really spicy or maybe i haven't tried the right food.

Koulen Restaurant Performance

Despite having all those different Cambodian Food, i ate my favourite Tom Yam for 3 meals. Yahoo~ The taste of the Tom yam in Cambodia was really consistent even though i ate it in 3 different restaurants. Suprising! Marvelouso!

Tomyammmm..

P/s The weather in Cambodia is HOT! maybe similar to Malaysia. Despite having an umbrella, cap, triple layers of sunscreen, i still got tanned. :(
Currency US Dollars or Cambodian Riel. but for us we used US dollars most of the time.