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Top 5 Most Romantic Restaurants in Phnom Penh

eclipse sky bar in phnom penh

 

Eclipse Sky Bar – This restaurant is located on Monivong in the Phnom Penh Tower. The parking garage is off of Monivong, and you take the elevator to the 22nd floor and walk up one more level to where the rooftop bar is located. The restaurant has really nice views of Phnom Penh. The bar can be busy, so be prepared for a wait during any holidays or during the night time dinner rush.

titanic restaurant in phnom penh

Titanic Restaurant = This elegant resaurant is located on the sisowath quay, but is actually on the riverside of the road. Its location is next to the boating dock that offers the 5 dollar (10,000 riel for cambodians 🙁 ) boat cruise. Or it is close to the night market or street 104. This restaurant has khmer and western food, but the food isnt really that special. It is good, but the ambiance is awesome. They have aspara dancers that do awesome shows, and the view of the river is tremendous. The price is pretty reasonable too, plan on spending around 10 dollars for a dish.

boat noodle restaurant in phnom penh

Boat noodle restaurant – I believe there are two, but have only eaten at the one close to naga world. The restaurant is located by the independence roundabout and the “white building” on Sothearos Blvd. Make sure you get a “table” in the upstairs. When you are walking upstairs, you will take off your shoes and will be walked to a low level table. You will sit on mats on the side. The food is all khmer, but is really cheap and tasty. If you get a food induced coma, it is okay to use the pillows and take a quick cat nap right there!

 

duck restaurant in phnom penh

Duck – A trendy restaurant that is super close to the above mentioned restaurant. This is on Sothearos blvd too….The downside to this restaurant is your eating a pretty expensive meal while the “white building” is across the street. Besides that the food is fancy, tastes good, and the service is excellent. You feel as if your in a different city, like bangkok or something more modern.

quitapenas restaurant in phnom penhFor something a little different try Quitapenas, located on street 264 and 19 (think Wat Bottom or somewhat close to royal palace). This Spanish restaurant is just great, the food and service are outstanding. Id suggest getting a couple different types of tapas and a bottle of wine and share your meal with your date.  The price is a little pricy (think $50-75 dollars for a date including a bottle of wine), but Id suggest this restaurant anytime.

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The Megastar Fruit – Durian

Durian season is upon us in Cambodia.  You can find durian in BKK1 market, o’russey, toul toam poung, or pretty much any market! Most people know of it as a smelly fruit, but it is much more then that. Kampot durian is known to be one of the worlds best (it costs two times as much a thai durian). Kampot even has a durian monument!

Durian monument in kampot cambodia
Durian Statue!

The word durian can be pronounced in Khmer as thouren or written in Khmer as ធូរេន. The fruit is very tasty, I highly recommend you try one! It looks like it has brown spikes on the outside with a greenish skin, and inside is a creamy yellow stuff.  If trying fresh durian isn’t that great, try durian ice cream or rice with durian and coconut milk…They even have durian chips!

One more odd fact about Durians in Cambodia is there is a band called Durians!! There facebook page is at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Durian-A-funk-band-in-the-pocket-on-the-grind/151884064910623

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Khmer Food – Vocab 6

This is a pretty big lesson since there is a lot of specific words that are need to be known and are important. So with that let’s start learning about khmer foods.

This first section has an accompany youtube video. This will help you get the full pronouncation, as sometimes the written transliterations are a little off. Please click like or subscribe if the free video helped you at all.

Section 1. Khmer food and phrases

I want Dessert: Kynom jong baan bon-aem

I’m full: Kynom cha-aet howie

Im drunk: kynom sro-vwong howie

Alcohol: sraa

can i have the bill: (soam) kit luy

beef: saik-goo

pork – saik jruuk

chicken: saik-moan

fish: dtrey

food-mhoob

beer: bia

rice-bii

vegetable-bon-lae

Click more to read about Cambodia food phrases. 

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Khmer Food – Vocab 4

Here are some useful words when at a restaurant and wanting to order khmer food.

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khmer,english

hel, spicy

nyum baay, eat rice

saik-jruuk, pork

saik-moan, chicken

saik-goo, beef

seom, fork

slaab-bpria, sppon

gam-bet, knife

jong-geh, chopsticks

kit luy, pay the bill

dtrey, fish

chngan, delicous

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so i hope these words will help you when you are ordering khmer food at a restaurant. Some of the words are also useful when ordering khmer food at the market too.