Bars
A Gin fit for a Sling
London Gin has come a long way since the early 1700’s, when London Town was awash with cheap and nasty versions of a spirit nicknamed ‘Mother’s ruin’, portrayed as the wrong side of the...
Up to the Sun and Around the Moon
In the year 1543, the same year as its author’s demise, a revolutionary paper was published that would become known as the ‘Copernican Revolution’.
The paper was written by a Polish mathematician, (a mere amateur...
Food
The Mexican coming up Trumps in Cambodia
Question: what do Angkor Wat and Mexican cuisine have in common?
Answer: both are on Unesco Heritage Lists, Angkor on the ‘World Heritage List’ and Mexican Cuisine on its ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage List’ oh, and...
Food
The Old Chinese House
Old House
Chinese House sits on the riverside opposite the port in Sisowath Quay; it was built in 1904, a time when Phnom Penh was just beginning to establish itself as the capital of...
Food
Est-essential
A new cocktail lounge and supper club in Phnom Penh, simply named Est bar, blends great style with a certain comfortable panache.
Medieval legend has it that before Italian monks would set out on journeys...
est! est!! est!!!
Est! Est!! Est!!!
A Legend of Monte Fiascone
The following excerpt is from The New Monthly Magazine & Humorist,
-edited by Thomas Hood Esq. and published by Henry Colburn, Great Marlborough Street, London.
1841 –part the third, page...
Food
Here’s to the Lucky Bastards
Photos Courtesty of Leboost cambodia
Che Culo
#6B Street 302 BKK1.
Firstly, there is that name, let us attempt to deal with it straight off the bat.
The term Che Culo comes from Northern Italy, Che, (pronounced...