Culture
Pigs of the Gods
Mahendraparvata: City of the Gods
Jayavarman II, -after an elaborate spiritual ceremony, that included rituals performed by Brahman Hiranyadama- rose himself up above the crowd that had gathered atop Mount Kulen, (Phnom Kulen) having just...
Culture
Num Banh Chok
Cambodian’s are proud of their Num Banh Chok, it is the name of their rice noodles and also the name of the enormously popular dish they are used in. Num Banh Chok can be found...
Food
From PSE to the LRC
From PSE to the LRC
Cambodian Cuisine on the World’s Culinary Stage
Recent disruption aside, Hong Kong is one of the most vibrant, affluent, exciting and sophisticated cities in the world.
From its typhoon shelters and noodle...
Travel
Independence Day
From Lost World to Last Hope
‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments...
Travel
The Exciseman
The Exciseman Whisky Bar, Singapore
exciseman (British)
noun plural -men
A government official who collects excises and enforces the laws concerning them
For over two hundred and fifty years, from the early 18th century through to the...
Food
Chive Talking
In 2013, the tranquil little expanse of lawn in front of the National Museum and beside the Royal Palace was transformed into its ceremonial function as a funerary complex called Veal Preah Meru, the...
Food
French Cheese Diplomacy
It was fifty years ago last month that French President, General and Statesman Charles de Gaulle made his famous speech at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh in front of an estimated crowd of 100,000...