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Black Bambu
Black Bambu is a melting pot of many ingredients: a place where western cooking meets eastern spices, a coming together of people from different backgrounds to pursue a common goal and a focal point...
Food
Time Travel
Le Royal restaurant at Raffles Le Royal Hotel in Phnom Penh has the magical ability to transport you, not only to another world, but also to another time. There are very few hotels in...
Food
Just b’Cos
I recently had the good fortune to attend an exceptional wine dinner at Yi Sang, Chinese Restaurant; this event saw the pairing of classical Chinese dishes with vertical vintages of Chateau Cos d’Estournel, the...
Food
Malis – Living Cambodian Cuisine
Cambodian Cuisine is said to be one of the oldest cuisines in the world, yet its traditions, its recipes and its history have been passed down from generation to generation as an oral history...
Food
The Tao of Jiaozi
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
Lao Tzu
After queuing out on the sidewalk for an age, patiently day-dreaming about the magic going on inside, you enter a...
Food
The Song of Teng – Part Two
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Song Teng estimates that he cooked under eighteen French chefs during his formative years at the Cambodiana Hotel. Some stayed the full one year term, many left a lot sooner, Cambodia in the 1990's...
The Song of Teng – Part One
At night his family would dig a hole in the ground, then they would all climb in and attempt to go to sleep -essential bedding arrangements to avoid stray bullets in the night; “When...