food

>Mellow Yellow Monday 004: Ooh, kari!

Posted by The Insider on Nov 2, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, food, Mellow Yellow Monday | 9 comments

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Dear friends, I am now back into circulation again after months and months of being out of the blogosphere. I hope you will still take me in.

For my come-back entry, here I am posting some of the spices that I use to make the Khmer curry called kari saramann that I made a while ago. Can you identify some of the spices?

If not, head over to the comment section where you’ll find the answers 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

>Mellow Yellow Monday 002: Banh Xiao

Posted by The Insider on Mar 16, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, food, Mellow Yellow Monday | 2 comments

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I am so craving for it right now!

This photo was posted in my food blog months ago and thought of sharing it for this week’s Mellow Yellow Monday.

>Wordless Wednesday #56: Juice mio!

Posted by The Insider on Oct 22, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, drinks, food, Khmenglish, sights | 0 comments

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Living in Cambodia for a long time now makes me get used to signs that are funny or are not intending to be funny but because of the outrageous word combination (i.e., translations or context) it takes on another meaning (humorous) or no meaning at all. Previously I posted pictures of funny signs most of which I saw in my frequent trips to the countryside. This time, I am posting something that I found in a Chinese restaurant’s menu. Juice with fancy (funny) names available at one of the Chinese restaurants (forgot the name) near Hun Sen park, just a stone’s throw away from Java Cafe. Have a look:

Since it was really hot that day, so I ordered myself this:

Can you guess what I ordered??

No, not the Relieve summer heat the plum juice. They were out of stock.

Tried asking for the Keep like good health the turnip juice. No luck.

So I just settled for the cool water melon juice!

How about you, what’s your choice?

Check out other Wordless entries.

>Litratong Pinoy #010: Ayaw Ko (I don’t like)

Posted by The Insider on Aug 28, 2008 in Cambodia, Cambodia life, culture, food, Khmerism, Litratong Pinoy, sights | 0 comments

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Kelangan pa bang sabihin kung bakit ayaw ko nito?

Eto, close up view:

Malutong. Maanghang. Malinamnam.
Paborito itong papakin ng mga Khmer. Parang popcorn. Just pop one in your mouth – sharaaaap!
No sir, not me.

Kayo, gusto niyo?

>Wordless Wednesday #39: Headless Chicken?

Posted by The Insider on May 28, 2008 in Cambodia life, food, Wordless Wednesday | 0 comments

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Had lunch at Flavors of India, along the corner of Sihanouk Blvd and St. 63, two weeks ago.
Mouthwatering chicken samosa – highly recommended.

>Photo Hunt #22: Candy

Posted by The Insider on May 18, 2008 in Everything Pinoy, food, Photo Hunt, sweets | 0 comments

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Photo borrowed from my other blog.

This is my favorite childhood treat, ampao, or rice crispies, in the Philippines. When I was a kid in the province, we seldom eat chocolates (they are expensive). Chocolates and other candies were a rare treat, and we usually had them only on Christmas, birthdays and other special occassions. Rice crispies, however,were our everyday treat. They are sweet and crunchy, sometimes sprinkled with peanuts and most of all, very affordable. It is rectangular in shape and because it is quite thick, one has to open its mouth wider than usual to have a bite of it.