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.

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.

When you look at it, its not overly appetizing. But trust me, its really yummilicous! And healthy to boot. Made of Khmer nom ban chouk noodles, drizzled with sauce made from flaked fish and spices, then topped with veggies. As for veggies, you can take your pick on what to add. I prefer adding monggo sprouts, mint, lotus stem stalks, cucumber.. This has actually become one of my Khmer comfort foods.

Happy Food Trip Friday, everyone!

I have something to celebrate. Yahoo!!!! I’ve got my work and blogging mojo back! After more than 8 weeks of heehawing, indulging my procrastination habit, I’ve finally started doing something productive. For two days now, I have finally managed to move all my files from my blogging desktop PC to my blogging laptop. And last night I’ve been reorganizing, organizing {and I think making more mess as I went along…hahaha} and I’m also starting to restructure my blogs and had been making notes on what to tweak and improve on. So yes, I’m finally back to being alive. Lol!

And I think that deserves a little reward. The other day, I met an old friend and we spent the whole day talking and slurping on our favorite brew. We met up along Phnom Penh’s famous riverside and had our cup at Cafe Fresco. You know another thing I loooooove about Phnom Penh? Every corner there is a coffee shop. Yes, I’m not even kidding. Even those noodle places serve coffee, so the coffee addict in me is just so at home here. One of the more modern, cooly air-conditioned, with lots of perks coffee places here is Cafe Fresco. They have a couple of branches in the city, but I tend to favor the one in the riverside. I find the crew there nice. Anyway, here’s what I rewarded myself with…

…Baklava…

{i always get that ‘i wanna laugh out loud’ feeling whenever I hear this word}

…Flat white coffee…

I missed FTF much. Not that I did not eat, but my mind was simply preoccupied the past weeks. But now that I’m back in business (hehe!) then I’m also back to posting food I gobble up or food I attempt to cook. Eating has brought me great comforts now that I’m soo down, it somehow makes me feel better, the same way buying new moissanite earrings makes me feel. I know its not a really good thing to binge and if only the weighing scale could talk.. but do allow me a few indulgences, ok?

Here’s one of the things I really love eating here in Phnom Penh, at least when I’m craving for something Western or Italian. We love ordering from..Sarpinos! And my usual pick? Baked Macaroni + a loaf of Parmesan topped Garlic Bread. I also love their round cheese bread with dipping sauce, but alas when I last ordered, it was not available hence the lack of photo..

Cheesy Baked Macaroni. Love the burned edges. My favorite part )))

Crunchy Parmesan topped Garlic Bread.