Dining in Battambang
Battambang is regarded by many visitors as the best place in the country to see and enjoy the traditional rural Cambodian way of life.
People are friendly and the town seems less commercial than other Cambodian cities. As a result, the choice of restaurants is rather limited. But what there is, is interesting.
Where to eat?
White Rose
102E8, 20 Usaphea Village, Group 8, Svay Por Commune. White Rose is an favourite with local residents and expats. The place is not big – it’s just a small corner shop – but the menu is full of good Khmer and Thai food at very reasonable prices.
Tel: +855 (0) 53 952 862.
Bus Stop Guesthouse
149 2nd Rd, next door to The White Rose. Opened in July 2007 and extended and fully renovated in June 2008, the Bus Stop has Wi-Fi Internet, serves a real English breakfast and offers great value pub snacks, such as jumbo hotdog with cheese and bacon, pepperoni roll, and hot chips with gravy, until late at night.
Tel: +855 (0)53 730 544
Smokin’ Pot
298 Group 8, 20 Ousephea Village, Syaypor Commune. A popular place among travelers, Smokin’ Pot serves up authentic Khmer and Thai food. They also run half-day Cambodian cooking courses.
Tel: +855 (0) 12 657 125.
Sunrise Coffeehouse
630, Group 24, 20 Usaphea Village, Svay Pour, West of Psah Naht, past the Royal Hotel. Sunrise has a variety of pastries, pizzas, pies and cookies, and serves Western breakfasts and a good selection of coffees and teas.
The beauty of Cambodia goes far beyond the famous Angkor Wat ruins or the charm of the Khmer people’s simple life style. The country’s food culture is also not to be missed. In the Khmer diet, rice and freshwater fish play big roles because of the abundance of both. Cambodia has two main sources of natural fresh water, the Mekong river and the Tonle Sap, a huge lake connected to the Mekong. In the monsoon season, The Tonle Sap floods some 16,000 square kilometres of the country, irrigating rice fields and providing breeding grounds for fish.
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