Another living in Phnom Penh post. But I forgot to take photos coz I left the cam at home. But I promise, when I go back to Olympic Market I’ll be taking photos and will update this post. See, hubby and I have been on the ‘save as much as we can’ mood. We have a lot of expenses and a lot of them we could cut and a big part of the budget goes to groceries. We have a house construction in planning and a few travel dates so we want to save.
I remembered before when we first stayed here in Phnom Penh for a few months (2004) we used to frequent Olympic Market and buy wholesale. We got this tip from my sister-in-law. She has a grocery store and she knows a lot of wholesalers in Olympic Market and told us to buy direct from there and we could get big savings. True that! That time we used to buy a big can of milk for $17 in the supermarkets but in Olympic it was about $12. If we buy half-dozen we get to save about $40! And before you ask if they are for real, well they have the same supplier as with the supermarkets.
Now we asked ourselves since there are stuff we need in big quantities why don’t we do that again. So we went there this morning. Bought a box (12) of fresh milk and saved $5. We also bought stuff the kiddo likes eating – crackers, yogurt milk, etc. All items are cheaper by about $0.50 to $1 so if you buy more = big savings.
I’m feeling high actually. I love shopping like this. And though the place is not aircon, its actually spacious and well ventilated compared to other markets here. For sure I’ll be hopping there again. I wanna buy green cleaning supplies, a weighing scale, kitchen stuff.
last Monday. Had coffee and muffins again @ Brown Cafe plus lots of girl talk. Thanks Che for the muffins! That didn’t end there, we also had lunch in Sofia’s Kitchen where the food is good and so affordable. Next stop was K-four Appliance Center for some appliance browsing, which reminded me I still have to work on and buy that LCD TV to replace the bedroom TV I accidentally dropped a few months back. We then went to Golden Sorya Mall, a new shopping complex near Central Market and Sorya Mall. Browsed all stalls, hehe didn’t buy a thing then we went to T & C cafe near Pencil Supermarket for more chikahan. I love days like this, its not often but yeah its a big deal for me to be able to get some free time for myself and just to have some girl bonding times with my friends. And for me, 
