Cambodian Cuisine is one of the oldest cuisines in the world. With a focus on simplicity, freshness, seasonality and regionalism. It has earned praises from visitors thanks to the understated elegance and spices; harmonious arrangement of contrasting flavors, textures and temperatures in the meal rather than a single dish, and its thoughtful and, at times, sumptuous presentation of dishes with many herbs wood, leaves, pickles, pickled sauce, edible flowers and other garnishes and spices.The list of Best Cambodia Dishes are here to help you understand more about this unique cuisine!

1. Fish Amok

This is no doubt  one of the best Cambodia dishes which is an exciting mystery for culinary enthusiasts, by appearance and often quite simple, but how to make the very feat. Fish amok is an example with fish mousse with a fresh coconut milk and kroeung, a type of Khmer curry paste made from lemon grass, turmeric, garlic, shallots, galangal and finger root, or Chinese ginger.

The addition of slok Ngor, a local herb that imparts a bitter taste delicate, separates the Cambodian version of the package. At the upscale restaurant fish is steamed amok in a banana leaf or some local processing it is a boiled dishes like fish curry than a mousse fur ball. When served, the dish has a very fragrant smell of coconut and banana leaves. Remove the leaves out, lovely try a piece; customers will be attracted by the aroma and taste especially enjoying a steaming plate of fish amok with sticky rice and soy sauce, add jigger cup with sweet ginger flavor, diners will be "enchanted" by the Wat Thap country's food.

2. Khmer red curry

Less spicy curries than in neighboring Thailand, Khmer red curry with raw materials is coconut milk, less pungent taste of chili power. Red curry is usually made with beef, chicken or fish, eggplant, green beans, potatoes, fresh coconut milk, lemongrass and little peppers, therefore more likely to eat curry than Thai. Khmer red curry is usually eaten with bread - a remnant of the French influence on Cambodia.

This delicious dish is often served at special occasions such as weddings in Cambodia, family gatherings and religious holidays as Pchum Ben, or ancestor’s day, where people make food Cambodia to share with the monks in honor of the dead. 

3. Red tree ants with beef and holy basil

You'll find a lot of insects eaten in Cambodia, including spiders. But the dishes which is a foreign tourists favorite is a red tree ants fried with beef and basil. Ants of different sizes, can hardly be sauteed with ginger, shallots and sliced beef.

In this fried dishes using lots of chili, creating characteristic aroma. Red is for attractive beef. This meal is served with rice, and if you're lucky you'll get part of the ant larvae in your bowl. This is the most Unique Cambodia dishes.

4. Lap Khmer: Lime-marinated Khmer beef salad

Khmer meat thinly sliced beef salad either quickly seared or "cooked" style marinated with lemon juice. This dish is more a kind of beef than a salad and most of the restaurants served grilled beef salad.

Khmer beef salad includes sliced steak with lemon juice, lemon grass, onions, garlic, fish sauce, basil, mint, fresh string beans and pepper, beef for sweet, salty enough and add a little sting of chili pieces. This is said to be one of the most tasty Cambodia dishes.

5. Nom banh chok: Khmer noodles

Banh Nom Chok is popular dishes in the country and its temples are also known as the Khmer name for the delicious noodle and its uniqueness. Cambodia Tourists can enjoy this dish at any street corner on Cambodia. From upscale restaurants to street vendors are selling Nom Chok Banh. Dubbed as the national dish, pasta Nom Chok Banh often appear in each breakfast of the people of this country. 

The dish is quite spicy and consists of rice noodles with broth made from traditional spices, topped with curry gravy made from blue fish on lemon grass, kaffir lime and turmeric root and served with Cambodians still fresh mint leaves, banana flower, cucumbers and other vegetables. There is also a version of Sweet and in Red curry for this special dish. It is said to be the most common eaten dish for Cambodia people and can be said to be similar to Vietnamese Noodle - Pho.

Further Reading: Vietnamese Noodle - Pho

6. Kdam chaa: fried crab

Cambodia has many delicious dishes with a lasting impression in the hearts of people and Kdam chaa fried crab is one of them. This is a specialty in the coastal town in Cambodia with a typical spice of this indispensable Kdam Chaa was pepper from Kampot. Kampot pepper is a spice popular among gourmets around the world, although travelers may find this type of pepper in dried form but can only enjoy the unique flavor of this small green pepper in Cambodia. 

It's worth a visit to Kep and Kampot for that alone, but Phnom Penh restaurants with live crabs at the beach to make their own way in this delectable dish with Kampot pepper and fragrant garlic chives.

7. Bai sach chrouk: Pork and rice

Bai sach chrouk, rice, pork is the rustic and delicious dish that is served in Cambodia. It was sold in the streets here in the morning. This dish seems to have become the characteristic taste of morning Cambodia, where the chef creates it the artist creates a work of art.

Pork is sliced and grilled over hot coals careful to retain its special flavor, or it may sometimes be marinated pork with coconut or garlic - never have two items sach chrouk Bai identical flavor. It's a very special thing to attract the curiosity of people enjoy it. Pork is served with hot section broken rice, accompanied by fresh mouse residual salt, daikon radish with ginger. Greasy smell of pork with sour cucumber, sweet beets aromatic ginger blended together into successful flavor of the dish. Besides, you get served a bowl of chicken with onion juice and fried onion.

We do hope that the above "Best Cambodia Dishes" has provided to you the basic ideals of what to expect with Cambodian cuisine! During your Cambodia Package Tours, we will be serving you with your nation diet but surely we will add up local flavors to make your Cambodia Holiday more colorful!

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