Travelogue around Asia Pacific Part II

 Siem Reap - One of the popular Khmer restaurant in Siem Reap and it was quite full.   Mostly foreigners filled this restaurant.  The menu has one page of Khmer food and 3 pages of Thai dishes.   The owner was friendly and explained that her sister was a chef in Bangkok for many years for the many Thai dishes.  Sambo is the name of her father. Location:  Wat Damnak, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia Lesley, me, Donny & Edward  Fresh spring roll  Sir Fried Ginger This dish tasted different as instead of using ginger, the Chef used blue ginger - it did not blend well. Amok Instead of our dish Khmer red curry, they served us Amok resulting in this dish being complimentary. Khmer Red curry I liked the potato cooked in this dish and it was delicious and rich in taste. Fried Khmer fish This is the common Tilapia but tasted bland and has to be dipped into the separate sauce to bring out the flavour. Hot holy basil This dish is stir fried with onio...

Siem Reap - Going to Siem Reap with my good friends, flying SQ there.  It was a full flight and the plame arrived on time.    My SQ flight to Siem Reap Lunch was at Khmer Kitchen restaurant, quite a popular Khmer lunch location.  Location:  Street 2 Thnou the corner of street 9, Old market Siem reap, 17255, Cambodia Khmer Kitchen restaurant Edward, Donny, Lesley and I  Fresh spring roll This Khmer fresh spring roll tasted good and the difference with Vietnamese fresh spring roll is the use of bean sprouts. Amok with chicken Amok is a famous Cambodian dish has a rich taste of coconut, amok paste (amok is made with a fine, flaky white fish), long beans, onion, and noni leaf.   In the Cambodian culture the noni tree has many uses. You can use it as a traditional medicine, food or juice,  also you can also use it as a cosmetic. The Noni tree fruit has green colour when it still young, then becomes yellow and at the end white when it is ripe....

Kuala Lumpur -  Willy and I had our lunch at Miyabi and the meal was good.  I ordered their set lunch.  The food serve was a bit slow but the service was good.    California sushi roll Fried rice Deep fried chicken  Prawn soup served in a tea pot There was a single big prawn in the soup and could easily be left uneaten if i did not lift the lid off the tea pot. Grilled salmon with Teriyaki sauce Sashimi