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APAD 242 : Pizza Sunday

Posted by The Insider on May 12, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, food, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

Who needs a conventional oven when you can make delicious pizza from charcoal-fired “oven”?

Sundays mean cooking outdoors at home!

Homemade pizza sauce, pepperoni and cheese. The usual but YUM.

My husband and I, we’re both pizza bugs. Since we haven’t bought a new oven yet (the old one is still in our Tuol Kork apartment) and we’ve been experiencing serious cravings for homemade pizzas, my husband made a makeshift, outdoor, charcoal-fired “oven” using a large glazed (garden, ehem) pot, and a charcoal stove. The smoke helped give more flavour to the pizza!

We haven’t perfected the oven and the baking yet as we have to determine the right temperature, etc., but we’ve had success in our second attempt! Here’s one of the pizzas that were made from this oven last Sunday.

APAD 241: Where to go?

Posted by The Insider on May 1, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia, work | 2 comments

Miss Igorota in front of the big sign located less than 10kms from the immigration office in the Cambodian border town of Poipet.

APAD 240: Same-same but different

Posted by The Insider on Apr 30, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, cheap eats, Cycle 2, Expat Life, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

Pho is the national noodle soup of the Vietnamese. It’s traditionally eaten at breakfast but it’s also a popular lunch, dinner or snack item. I’ve had pho before – the awesome broth with wafts of ginger and other herbs and slices of beef with rice noodles never fail to make my stomach happy at all times.

The other week, I was introduced to another kind of Vietnamese soup. I forgot what it is called now but it’s got the similar awesome aromatic soup and noodles – if not for the copious amounts of kopi (or was it prahok) for seasoning.

Had this Vietnamese noodle soup for the first time. My officemate said this wasn’t pho.

APAD 239: Daily sightings

Posted by The Insider on Apr 29, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, Expat Life, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

I suppose this is an ordinary sight in Cambodia but it never fails to amuse me every time I see this.

Can you do this?

APAD 238: On call list

Posted by The Insider on Apr 24, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Signs of Times, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia, work | 3 comments

Who’s on duty?

This is one of the signs posted during Operation Smile Cambodia’s international surgical mission in Phnom Penh last month.

APAD 237: Bug

Posted by The Insider on Apr 23, 2014 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, Cambodia life, Cycle 2, Expat Life, That's My World, What's On in Cambodia | 0 comments

A bug, known as the mango borer.

This and its mates is a major pests of mango trees. In fact, the gang just chewed up a mango tree next to our house, much to the dismay of my landlord. The mango tree bears a prized-variety, keo chen mango, that sells up to $7 for a dozen.