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jacksthirty
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Mandalay Inn in Siem Repa is my pick of the cheap places. Good clean rooms, but air-con was doube the cost of a fan room (I find fans are sufficient). Really good restaurant as well!
How long are you traveling for?
If you've got time, head to Kampot (and Kep just down the road). Sper peaceful and a fine place to relax. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Thrylos...I will check on those places. I will be there for 2 weeks so looking at other places besides phnom Penh and Siem Reap. Sihanoukville is supposedly nice for swimming. What is there in Kampot? I could make a stop there. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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Check out the North Korean restaurants they have in Cambodia. The staff are all North Korean, so the interaction itself will be something to remember.
It'll probably be best not to bring up politics, though. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
Check out the North Korean restaurants they have in Cambodia. The staff are all North Korean, so the interaction itself will be something to remember.
It'll probably be best not to bring up politics, though. |
i had a great time at this restaurant with my buddy even though you could see the sadness in the eyes of many of the staff and could tell they did not enjoy their existence but were happy that they had that one instead of shoveling dirt in a gulag.
my buddy and i tend to be a bit flirty with the ladies so we chatted up our waitress. you could tell she really got hit on a lot from most of her male clientele because at first there was a serious wall there because personal chat is very dangerous for the staff, but she eventually opened up to us quite a bit. she told us a lot of fun things and was rabid to ask us questions about life in seoul, but generally at the end of the nite what we found out was this:
the best countries in the world are:
1. the motherland
2. cambodia
the worst countries in the world are:
1. usa
2. the fake korea |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 3:44 am Post subject: |
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That does sound interesting. Do they say North Korean restaurant? I will keep an eye out for one. Did they escape the north or just there making money for the regime? I'm also interested in trying fried tarantula.  Any thoughts? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
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Check out the North Korean restaurants they have in Cambodia. The staff are all North Korean, so the interaction itself will be something to remember.
It'll probably be best not to bring up politics, though. |
i had a great time at this restaurant with my buddy even though you could see the sadness in the eyes of many of the staff and could tell they did not enjoy their existence but were happy that they had that one instead of shoveling dirt in a gulag.
my buddy and i tend to be a bit flirty with the ladies so we chatted up our waitress. you could tell she really got hit on a lot from most of her male clientele because at first there was a serious wall there because personal chat is very dangerous for the staff, but she eventually opened up to us quite a bit. she told us a lot of fun things and was rabid to ask us questions about life in seoul, but generally at the end of the nite what we found out was this:
the best countries in the world are:
1. the motherland
2. cambodia
the worst countries in the world are:
1. usa
2. the fake korea |
How was the food there? |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:36 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
Check out the North Korean restaurants they have in Cambodia. The staff are all North Korean, so the interaction itself will be something to remember.
It'll probably be best not to bring up politics, though. |
i had a great time at this restaurant with my buddy even though you could see the sadness in the eyes of many of the staff and could tell they did not enjoy their existence but were happy that they had that one instead of shoveling dirt in a gulag.
my buddy and i tend to be a bit flirty with the ladies so we chatted up our waitress. you could tell she really got hit on a lot from most of her male clientele because at first there was a serious wall there because personal chat is very dangerous for the staff, but she eventually opened up to us quite a bit. she told us a lot of fun things and was rabid to ask us questions about life in seoul, but generally at the end of the nite what we found out was this:
the best countries in the world are:
1. the motherland
2. cambodia
the worst countries in the world are:
1. usa
2. the fake korea |
How was the food there? |
The nengmyeon was fantastic (and I generally dislike most K-food). They had a real yang-yeom sauce to go with it, not just burn-your-mouth kochujang like most places here serve it with. I believe it had some dwengjang for the saltiness, some sweetness (probably sugar) and a whole bunch of other flavors (Sesame oil, etc) that added a real complex flavor not found in the places I've tried it here (hence, Pyeongyang nengmyeon).
They also have the other standard K-fare (bibimbap, meat, et al as well as a baek-ban which was popular with most SK's), and I think they also carry kegogi/boshintang (though not on the menu), but the real draw is the noodle dish.
At $7 for the noodles, it is not cheap, but it definitely suits Cambo's weather and the waitresses are drop-dead gorgeous, without the plastic look of the SK girls.
One, in particular, hovered around me the whole time (I was the only customer after 5 minutes of my arrival), and I basked in the attention 
If the rest of the food is anything like the noodles, I could actually grow to like K-food!
Pyeongyang restaurant-- Highly recommended stop in PP, on the northbound side of Monivong Blvd between St 336-340 (or thereabouts). |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| Yaya wrote: |
Check out the North Korean restaurants they have in Cambodia. The staff are all North Korean, so the interaction itself will be something to remember.
It'll probably be best not to bring up politics, though. |
i had a great time at this restaurant with my buddy even though you could see the sadness in the eyes of many of the staff and could tell they did not enjoy their existence but were happy that they had that one instead of shoveling dirt in a gulag.
my buddy and i tend to be a bit flirty with the ladies so we chatted up our waitress. you could tell she really got hit on a lot from most of her male clientele because at first there was a serious wall there because personal chat is very dangerous for the staff, but she eventually opened up to us quite a bit. she told us a lot of fun things and was rabid to ask us questions about life in seoul, but generally at the end of the nite what we found out was this:
the best countries in the world are:
1. the motherland
2. cambodia
the worst countries in the world are:
1. usa
2. the fake korea |
How was the food there? |
yes i also enjoyed it. the japchae was pretty divine strangely enough. one of the chicken dishes was one of those where you weren't expecting bones until one had impaled the lining of your upper mouth, but i guess that's just par for the course.
try the north korean-made blackberry wine. it was great. strangely, they have jinro soju but the waitress looked me as if i was an alien when i asked them for a hite. i guess jinro is okay but hite is not.
as thrylos said, the name of it is simply "pyongyang". it's not open until after 4, and it is indeed filled with beautiful yet sad korean waitresses and not a single male staff or bouncer to be seen which kind of surprised me. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| On second hand, I've had enough Korean food. Thats the last think I want. How is Cambodian food? |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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| just like any place, some is delicious, some is awful, and some is simply bizarre. if you love spicy food that will make you eject your anal lining then cambodia ranks at the absolute top with india, thailand, etc. |
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