Cambodia: Must Try Foods you Need to Know

Like always, I enjoyed myself in the culinary world of Cambodia but I do have to admit I was not as thoroughly blown away as I was in the other countries I have been to. Part of this is due to the loss of traditions and culture, which includes cuisine, during the genocide that killed one fourth of the population. I did end up doing quite a bit more smoothie and beer drinking than in other places and ate many a curry and banana rotee pancake.

Seafood:

Probably the best meal I had in Cambodia was crab in the seaside town of Kep. For about five dollars, we had six delicious crabs each, with unlimited rice. The best we had was the pepper crab, as the region is famous for their pepper farms.

Fried rice/noodles:

A cheap classic. The food was a little more pricy in Cambodia so whenever I was feeling particularly poor I would get fried rice or noodles with seafood/chicken.

Noodle soups:

Yum! The soup version of the fried rice/noodle option. Simple, delicious, and healthy.

Amok:

Amok is a Cambodia must-have, it is curry that is steam cooked in banana leaves. Heaven.

Avocado smoothies:

My one true love, when I tried these for the first time in Vietnam I thought it was good but pretty weird. Suddenly, in Cambodia, I got a craving for one, and pretty soon I was having one every other day. AMAZING AND ADDICTING.