tonite sal & i walked down to the riverfront for a couple of beers in a cafe overlooking the esplanade, after 2 large handles of beer each, we drained our wallet of the princley sum of $2 and then walked along the road where we had seen street vendors set up last night, all the tables had little gas burners on them which the cambodians call BBQ’s so we sat down and waited until a couple of giggly girls with no english turned up at the table, they gave us an arrangement of veges, herbs, eggs, noodles and raw meat as well as a pot which they put on the burner.
turned out the pot was full of tasty stock with dumplings, we then added the rest of the ingredients to our own taste and timing and then ladled the resulting noodle soup into bowls and tore up vietnamese mint to add to it – it was superb, the stock is yummy and adding the extras and cooking at the table just adds to the whole experience.
we provided free entertainment for the local diners as well as the giggly girls, watching the clumsy barangs trying to cook, serve and eat their local dish!
we woofed down all our stomachs could hold, then we had a couple more beers to wash it down and this time had our wallet lightened by $7 – and we left enough in the pot to feed a small village!
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Hi Rik, Sal and Kai,
Your trip so far seems amazing, you have seen and done so much. The boys loved Lego land and want to go too, I found the size of the Banyan trees at the temples incredible, must put some strain on the temples with their weight. Can’t wait for more. I have just learnt how to put comments on !
We are going to Canada in June, finally booked the other night, we are going for a month, so should be good.
Simon