Com Tam (rice with fried pork and pickles), Khmer Noodles
Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia, at Angkor Wat eating with the Tuk Tuk drivers
Cost: 4000 KHR Cambodian Riel each dish ($0.95 USD)
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The tourist catered cuisine in Siem Reap near Angkor Wat, doesn’t always appeal by both taste and budget to a voracious food connoisseur. Fortunately, the local tuk tuk drivers who constantly transport tourists from temple to temple need to eat too. The driver’s laughed as they hinted that we would unquestionably get sick if we partook. Our general instincts and African experienced stomachs overruled the driver comments and soon our palettes were filled with a grilled pork cutlet over rice, and rice noodles suffocating in a delightful chili paste. The salty pork cutlet was expertly complimented by a cabbage and cucumber sour pickle and a sweet chili sauce. The noodles were equally pleasing and covered in an herbaceous chili sauce with the same accompanying pickle. Our stomachs held up and the dishes were a smashing delight!!!
-Migration Mark
Great photos, Mark! The food looks super yummy! Street food is always the most vibrant in ‘developing’ countries! Cambodian food looks spicy — the way I like it~
Thank you Jen, and yes, the extra chilies added to the dish made it flaming! Great news to hear you also like your food spicy!
breakfast foods should always be high in protein and also in carbohydrates, we need food energy during the early morning “*-
I can’t wait to try the Cambodian cuisine, (drooling now
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Awesome! You’ll love it!
Nice write up, Mark! Pork and rice is my favourite breakfast – carbs, protein, veggies … not too heavy on the stomach and great with an iced coffee. And there’s something wonderful about eating it from a stall on the street with locals – definitely a quick route out of the tourist bubble.
Fully agree with that all Abigail – eating it locally completely adds to the experience. Mmm, an iced coffee sounds wonderful right about now too!