Joannès Rivière, owner of Siem Reap’s Cuisine Wat Damnak and a champion of modern Cambodian cooking, is more than just a master chef. “He’s also quite funny,” a Siem Reap expat told me. I shook my head in disbelief. … Continue reading
When expats in Cambodia talk about beer gardens, it’s usually to bemoan the lack of rights for the female beer sellers or to dismiss the places out of hand as dens of iniquity. And while those are certainly valid concerns, there’s one … Continue reading
For Veasna Kay, cooking has always been a passion. He was raised in a family of rice farmers, but today the handsome 25-year-old has found his way to becoming a chef–a chef who has succeeded in adapting Khmer cuisine to … Continue reading