Cambodian food

I did and don't know that much about Cambodia. I knew it used to be a french colony and I've seen a couple war movies that reference it. But alot of what Cambodia is was a mystery to me.

Like when is the last time you went to a Cambodian restaurant?

What do they eat?

Cambodian food has similar foods to Thailand and Viet Nam and Elsewhere.

Like Thailand: You can get a nice chicken or fish curry which tastes alot like the Thai versions with slightly different spices. We had a fish Amok and on a different night a chicken Amok - these Amoks are curries prepared in banana leaves.

Like Vietnam: You can get pho and apparently soups that you make yourself at your table are super popular here. We went for pho last night, but it didn't turn out very well. Kim didn't get a stomach upset from the pho, she just got mental upset when the waiter wouldn't give it to her because it is only served at breakfast!

(That pho is only served as breakfast is still TBD if this will be everywhere.)

Like Elsewhere: We had some nice barbequed spare ribs at a Khmer restaurant.

Cambodia has a couple unique things that I haven't seen elsewhere. We stopped for a quick snack and they had hard boiled eggs. I was going to have one, but Kim warnesed me that there was something "in the egg". Sure enough the girl we were sharing the taxi with was having the hard boiled duck embryos. It's eaten just like a regular hard boiled egg, but dipped in some sort of spice.

I didn't try the egg. Partially because I didn't know my company that well. If I was to start eating it and couldn't keep it down, it would have been worse - I think than to start eating it. My imagination thought that it might feel like eating oysters or wet feathers.

Today, on the bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Phen I tried some roasted banana leaves with rice and banana inside. It was pretty good and filling. Also healthier than the can of pringles we had as well. Kim noticed that some people were eating dried tarantulas as well. I didn't see them on offer - but I might try one - or maybe just a tarantula leg if the chance comes up.

I probably won't try Durian though. It just smells bad so I am not sure the rewards justify opening that curtain.