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Food Trip Friday: Cambodian Nyom Salad

Lui — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:35 +0000

I had been craving this for awhile now and specially so since I’m on the diet right now. I LOVE Khmer salads, they are very easy to make and very very tasty. Cambodians have a really passionate...

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Learning Khmer Language: Days and Months in Khmer

Lui — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:16:26 +0000

It’s been a crazy while since I last posted anything about learning Khmer language. I was too busy shopping for surge protectors. Lol. Just kidding. Life just happened and I must also admit to...

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Food Trip Friday: Bopha Titanic Restaurant

Lui — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:47:06 +0000

Bopha Titanic Restaurant along Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh is popular with the tourist crowd. And its not really that surprising, it has great location – riverside, extensive menu (Khmer, Thai,...

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Manila-Siem Reap Direct Flights via Cebu Pacific Air

Lui — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:48:20 +0000

Here’s something we’ve been waiting for quite sometime already, after the two countries have signed flight deals since 2009! Direct flights from the Philippines to Cambodia is finally...

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Living in Phnom Penh: Randomeness #3

Lui — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:41:50 +0000

Hey, how was your Chinese New Year celebrations? Ours was really fun and merry with lots of food involved. Lol. Khmer-Chinese really celebrate the lunar new year with much fervor. Even local Khmers...

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Food Trip Friday: Cookin’ Banh Chao

Lui — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:43:00 +0000

Were lucky our Khmer neighbors are foodies too. They love doing cook outs during weekends and inviting us too. Last week was really interesting coz they were making Banh Chao (Banh Xeo in...

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A Visit to Wat Vihear Sour in Prey Veng

Lui — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:55:59 +0000

Prey Veng is a Cambodian province not usually mentioned in tourist guides, and for some reason places like these appeal more to me. So when my sister-in-law suggested we go there, visit some family...

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Gong Xi Fa Cai From Phnom Penh!

Lui — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:42:08 +0000

Everybody (well, almost everybody that is, hehe) is in a frenzy. The streets are getting clogged, the markets are getting more jampacked (if they could get more jampacked) and I keep seeing those...

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Site Spotlight: Exposix

Lui — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:51:38 +0000

I feel like I’ve just crawled out of some cave. Lol. You I frequently get this feeling whenever I focus on something and not get myself update with what’s going on. I’ve been...

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Cambodia Snapshots: Cyclo Ride

Lui — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:03:32 +0000

If you’re ever here in Phnom Penh, this is one ride you should take, at least once. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it is a leisurely and relaxing ride once you get past the...

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Cambodia Snapshots: Lamp Shop

Lui — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:41:49 +0000

I love walking around the markets here in Phnom Penh. It’s really a sight to be seen. A total smorgasbord of sights, scenes, colors, smells and whatnots. One of my favorite sections would be...

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Food Trip Friday: Swensen’s Vanilla Brownies Ice Cream Cake

Lui — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:08:22 +0000

One should really stop wondering why my efforts to lose weight seems to be futile. Here’s one of the reasons: Ice Cream! We love it and lately we’ve been so into Swensen’s Ice Cream...

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Cambodia Snapshots: Durian Fruit

Lui — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:45:34 +0000

It ain’t durian season yet, but its coming up soon in a few more months. I’m not a big durian eater, I guess the pungent smell defeats me lol. but durian flavored food I could eat. The...

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Cambodia Snapshots: Prisoners Clothes At Tuol Sleng Museum

Lui — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:17:20 +0000

I haven’t really posted much about Cambodia’s dark painful past. But that’s not to say its not there. Anybody who has been here should know what this country has been through. The...

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Food Trip Friday: Pizza World’s 1+1 Free!

Lui — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:35:32 +0000

Here’s one of our favorite foodie deals here in Phnom Penh. We always give ourselves a pizza treat every week and this is not hard to do since Pizza World Phnom Penh has some really great deal....

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Cold Season Beauty Tips

Lui — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:01:55 +0000

There are many enjoyable aspects of the cold season, from potential snowfall (depending on where you may live) to the holidays – however, for women, the cold months can also be a problematic time...

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Random New Year Ramblings

Lui — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:23:02 +0000

Ha! It’s already the 5th day of the first month of 2012 and here I am just greeting everyone a Happy New Year! But then…were still on the first week, right? So I’m sure its ok....

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Living in Phnom Penh: Mission Impossible @ Legend

Lui — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 01:37:41 +0000

I really should be doing this regularly. I know some friends and a small group of readers who are movie buffs and I’ll be posting ‘what’s showing’ feature regularly from now...

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Food Trip Friday: The Steak Kitchen Seafood Platter and Grilled Fish

Lui — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:51:46 +0000

Two Tuesday’s ago, the Queen of Wishful Shrinking and I tried out The Steak Kitchen @ 5th Level Sovanna Mall, Phnom Penh. The food was okay, really nothing to write home about. We had combo...

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Khmer Street Snacks: Grilled Rice Wrapped Bananas

Lui — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:36:01 +0000

Khmers have some really filling, yummy and cheap street snacks. Here’s one I’ve taken a liking to. Banana wrapped with sticky rice and some have bits of grated coconut, then wrapped in...

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