Last week, hubby and I were in a ‘let’s take the plunge’, who cares mood that we decided on eating really spicy salads for lunch. We picked Cafe Ekareach, a Khmer-Thai restaurant along Norodom Blvd. and ordered Seafood and Glass Noodle Salad and Spicy Beef La-ap.

Squid, Shrimps, Glass Noodles, Herbs and lots and lots of chili with sweet sour sauce..

Ground Beef, Herbs, Veggies and also a crazy amount of chili

And whooooooah! It was sooo hot and spicy, don’t ask me how many liters of cold tea I drank. Forgive the grainy photo of the La-ap I think I was already out of sorts because I already tasted the seafood salad and it was very spicy. But it also tasted sooo good.

Nachos in a Korean fast food restaurant? Yup! This actually surprised me but I’m not complaining since I loooove this. Perfect appetizer, don’t you think? Cheesy nachos with sour cream and tomatoes. Where from? BBQ Chicken, a Korean fastfood resto located at Sorya Shopping Center, Phnom Penh..

Yay! I’m actually on time for Food Trip Friday. Hahaha! A milestone. The dish name sounds exotic, but really if you’re visiting Cambodia and you’re Asian but not used to too exotic food, this is one of your must try. Pinoys might be at home with this one. I think all Pinoys guests and friends of mine who have tried this loved it. Mainly because its like our very own tocino! Sans the ‘salitre’ lol. Bai Sai Chrouk literally means rice and pork.

Caramelized/marinated pork deep fried or grilled with steamed rice, topped with spring onions. Always served with tomatoes and slices of crunchy cucumber. Plus their usual serving of cucumber-radish-carrot-chili pickles. Some also serve it with egg omelet drizzled with sweet soy sauce. Yum! Super, I think this is my all-time favorite breakfast here. And it doesn’t hurt that its soooooo cheap. One huge serving with free hot or cold tea costs just 3000R-5000R around a $1. The one in the photo is from some eatery and costs just 3000 {around $0.75} and this left me burping the whole day.

I didn’t want to eat this coz I loooove the color too much. But hubby pointed out that nothing’s gonna happen if I don’t eat it and just stare at it and that he is already hungry. Heh. I just love how he deflates my crazy ‘balloon’of thoughts. See how well matched we are? I’m the dreamer, he’s the pragmatist. Lol. Anyway, back to my dragon fruit. I love this fruit to bits. In fact I did a post about this already – Feasting on the Dragon, but what I featured was the white variety.

This is actually my first time to try the red one. I dunno why but I always end up buying the white one. But last week, our neighbors went to Siem Reap and when they came back they brought lots of goodies. Fruits, mostly. No free cigars, unfortunately for my sis. Heh. They gave us a whole basket of sugar apple and red dragon fruit….

Yumminess! I love this super chilled.

I could never get enough of writing and featuring Khmer iced coffee. I’m addicted to it. It’s a known fact, even one of my friends think I am in need of ‘intervention’ because of said addiction. Lol! I dunno but I just LOVE Khmer Iced Coffee. I never have it more than once a day though, so I don’t  think I need rehab yet. But I’m known to talk weird after drinking a whole glass ahahaha, so if I begin blabbing about ATV Wheels while discussing other things, then I must be on my caffeine dose.

Coffee here is cheap. Very much so if you have it in Khmer eateries or in the market.  I like getting mine from Tuol Tompong Market, for 3000 Riels I get a biggie glass of coffee topped with crushed ice. That’s how Khmers prefer to drink it. With ice, lots of it. It doesn’t matter what time of the day it is, although you can also order a hot one. You can choose to drink it with sweet condensed milk or without it. And its just delicious either way. Need a guide on how to order coffee in Khmer? Check out my Let’s Talk Food in Khmer guide.

I got really curious about the process of coffee bean roasting and how they flavor the coffee so I plagued sweetly asked hubby to bring me to their neighbor who has a coffee business so I could take photos of the ‘process’.

They usually use a round shaped roasting device/contraption? {Hahaha I am at a loss for a word here..} and roast the fresh coffee beans for several hours under low fire.

Errr, I did just post a \’noodle\’ feature last Friday, but you know what I’m posting another one this time. Hahaha. I know I’m not so original but what can one’s tummy do when its craving for something hot, steamy? This is my usual fare when I go to Sovanna Mall’s food court. Mee {yellow noodles} in claypot, seafood flavor. I specially love this when its raining and the weather here has been just that dreary since last week.

This is definitely good old comfort food for me. And I love the herbs and mint they put in the pot. I feel like it just vanquishes the cold virus threatening me. And best of all, its so cheap. 6000 Riels {about $1.2} for one pot including several slices of garlic bread.