Local Cuisine
Cambodia is a foodie paradise, offering a wide variety of national dishes, with elements of foreign cuisines and touched up with a unique Cambodian flare. Often dubbed as the ‘cuisine of contrasts,’ Cambodian food is known for its use of contrasting flavours in every dish. Thanks to the country’s opulence in waterways, freshwater fish and seafood are among the notable ingredients of every meal – often paired with its staple aromatic rice. Here are some of the best dishes you need to try:
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Nom banh chok is a Khmer noodle dish, typically served as a breakfast meal or an afternoon snack. These fresh rice noodles are hand-made, saturated with fish gravy and fragrant herbs and simmered in coconut milk.
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Kampot is famous for its pepper plantations and fresh seafood, hence the popular delicacy is Kampot pepper crab, in which crabs are fried up with garlicky sauce and garnished with green peppercorns!
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Amok trey is Cambodia’s national dish, a Khmer steamed fish curry tenderly steamed in banana leaves to achieve the mousse-like consistency, which makes it melt in the mouth.
