White-chan in Siem Reap - What we ate

You won't believe it. We're only paying USD24 for a twin room with aircon, and that actually includes breakfast! And not some cannot-make-it cheapo breakfast, but a good plate of toast with scrambled eggs and coffee!



We found that the typical Khmer food is very Thai and Vietnamese, but don't know who influence who lah! There is always lemon grass and basil leaves fried with something, and even the Khmer curry tastes like Thai curry. But one thing for sure, Cambodians like they food very cooked, that's why all meat are very cooked and tough...



One day, I saw "Fried Morning Glory" on the menu and ordered this supposedly exotic dish, then it turned out to be... Kang Kong! DOTZ... But the hazelnut shake is nice lah, really creamy but refreshing at the same time!



We can't remember how many rice rolls we have tried, but because the vegetables are fresh, they all taste nice!



Like any tropical country in South East Asia, coconut drink is common in Siem Reap too. However, these huge coconut are not as sweet as the usual ones we have in Thailand or even Singapore leh! But the passion fruit shake is good though!



Okay White-chan double confirmed we are crazy. It was 37 degrees Celsius and we decided to have hot pot alfresco style at the balcony for dinner. But that hotpot was good! Lots of vegetables, enough meat, and as many as 4 eggs for a set for 2 sharing! And the hot pot soup was good too, because it tasted like abalone chicken instant noodles soup! Hahaha... overdose of MSG!



And then we heard our hotpot was not authentic Khmer enough, so we took a tuk-tuk out to this 100% local all-you-can-eat Khmer BBQ using the Khmer steamboat/BBQ pot! It was really cheap at USD4 (no GST and service charge!) with all kinds of vegetables and meat and some seafood!



Yes we are tourists, so we have to do what the stupid tourists do right? And so we went for a dinner with Apsara dance performances. The performances were almost non-stop, and we only paid like USD7-8 per person, so why not?



After absorbing all the heat from the big hot sun, it makes sense to eat ice-cream right? The Blue Pumpkin ice-cream is really good, with some exotic flavors like ginger and black sesame! The only problem is that the ice-cream also melt very fast... DOTZ...



We've heard so much about the USD14 Le Meridien afternoon tea from all the Taiwanese blogs that we just have to try it. Although it was only 3 tiers, we couldn't even finish it lor! I think the savory sandwiches are too little (only on first tier) and the rest too sweet and jerlat... But it is a good place to relax, and it came with free flow of coffee and tea too!