Food
Cambodian Treats
By Thomas on March 8, 2010 | No Comments »
As our time here is coming to an end, I think about all the great food Cambodia offers. Crunchy frogs, scrumptious Amok and tasty tarantulas have made up only part of our diet, and when other travelers ask me for a food recommendation, I always come up with a few interesting treats.
There’s nhem, river fish zinged up with ginger, lime, chili, garlic and probably MSG. The snack is then neatly wrapped in banana leaves and sold by the dozen. But don’t be fooled, the packages are deceptive. » Continue reading this post »
Tasty Tarantulas
By Thomas on February 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One of the more exotic snacks in Cambodia are deep-fried tarantulas. A food born out of necessity during the meager years of the Pol Pot regime, Cambodians enjoy their crisp tarantulas to this day.
Tony, Beverly and I are quite experimental when it comes to food. But there are limits. The thought of stuffing a sizeable hairy spider into our mouths was almost too much to bear. But only almost. Watch this short video and see who’s enjoying themselves beyond what you’d consider normal.
Cooking Amok
By Thomas on February 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As I was cutting the squid into bite-sized pieces, I could hear chopping and cutting from all around the kitchen. Beverly was standing next to me grating a green papaya into slivers. And she looked spectacular. Shiny lip gloss and clad in a red apron and a matching chef’s hat, she could have been the star of a tele-cooking-novela. Pero no! There we were, taking a Cambodian cooking class at the Le Tigre de Papier restaurant in Siem Reap.
This was my first attempt to make good on one of my New Year’s resolutions: pick up some more skills as we travel the world. And what better reward than to have a delicious meal at the end of a challenge. Or so I hoped. » Continue reading this post »
Frog Feast
By Thomas on February 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, when sampling exotic cuisine, you’ve just got to take a leap of faith! (Pun intended.) Thank God, that was ginger stuffing in the stomach!!!
Dim Sum Extravaganza
By Thomas on January 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
For all the foodies out there, Tony and I are back in Thailand, the food lover’s ultimate paradise. Burmese cuisine was experimental, and certainly interesting, but it’s time to get back to old-fashioned staples such as dim sum. I know, this is a strange thing for a German to say, but having lived in California, I now consider dim sum as basic as » Continue reading this post »
