Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of pp
you might be better off around street 51/golden sorya mall/Pontoon club if youre after freelancers, but there are some that walk along the riverside restaurantsronadurante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:45 pmTrue, I found street 130, it's all good now.Jamie_Lambo wrote:time is never wasted if youre wasted all the timeronadurante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:23 pm City is a dump, I'm at the hometown hotel. I'm on a bus tomorrow, what a waste of a trip.
Any western food in this area?
I think I read somewhere if you walk down to the promenade theres tons of freelancers, true?
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
That's completely the wrong way around.And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food
Some Thai food is very spicy but in general it's delicious to westerners.
Apart from amok and a few others, Khmer food takes some getting used to.
Some dishes, and most street food, is, completely unpalatable.
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
and yeah theres the common Thai food, then theres Isaan food which its own thing, similar to Khmer food, i find to find Thai food is more aesthetically pleasing than the Khmer food you see at service stops etcfinbar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:00 pmThat's completely the wrong way around.And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food
Some Thai food is very spicy but in general it's delicious to westerners.
Apart from amok and a few others, Khmer food takes some getting used to.
Some dishes, and most street food, is, completely unpalatable.
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
You've selectively edited my quote and thereby misrepresented what I said. Here it is again: 'And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food which is generally pretty chilli hot for westerners.'finbar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:00 pmThat's completely the wrong way around.And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food
Some Thai food is very spicy but in general it's delicious to westerners.
Apart from amok and a few others, Khmer food takes some getting used to.
Some dishes, and most street food, is, completely unpalatable.
Note my bolding emphasis.
I standby what I said: many barangs are not used to the thai chilli hot dishes unless they've already been toned down for the farang taste. Not so much an issue with khmer food. Having said that, I do think thai offers more than khmer cuisine overall in terms of variety but that is off topic to my main point of westerners generally not open to asian food..
Dunno why you find khmer food so unpalatable coz I've found otherwise..
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
clutchcargo wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:39 pmYou've selectively edited my quote and thereby misrepresented what I said. Here it is again: 'And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food which is generally pretty chilli hot for westerners.'finbar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:00 pmThat's completely the wrong way around.And it's not like khmer food is for many a challenge like perhaps thai food
Some Thai food is very spicy but in general it's delicious to westerners.
Apart from amok and a few others, Khmer food takes some getting used to.
Some dishes, and most street food, is, completely unpalatable.
Note my bolding emphasis.
I standby what I said: many barangs are not used to the thai chilli hot dishes unless they've already been toned down for the farang taste. Not so much an issue with khmer food. Having said that, I do think thai offers more than khmer cuisine overall in terms of variety but that is off topic to my main point of westerners generally not open to asian food..
Dunno why you find khmer food so unpalatable coz I've found otherwise..
You guys should start off selling screws before you are qualified to give advice on food like yong does.
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
I don't know what the beef is here.
I'm not misrepresenting anything, I just disagree that Thai food is generally too spicy for many westerners.
Khmer food on the other hand is often made with low quality ingredients, or strange body parts, poorly prepared (shards of bone in everything, chopped on the floor), and employs some quite unusual flavours (lots of bitter or fermented or 'off' notes). There's plenty of good stuff too of course when you go more upmarket.
I don't know anything about red-light hotels though.
I'm not misrepresenting anything, I just disagree that Thai food is generally too spicy for many westerners.
Khmer food on the other hand is often made with low quality ingredients, or strange body parts, poorly prepared (shards of bone in everything, chopped on the floor), and employs some quite unusual flavours (lots of bitter or fermented or 'off' notes). There's plenty of good stuff too of course when you go more upmarket.
I don't know anything about red-light hotels though.
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of pp
This says more about you than it says about Phnom Penh. What were you expecting? Thailand ?ronadurante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:23 pm City is a dump, I'm at the hometown hotel. I'm on a bus tomorrow, what a waste of a trip.
Any western food in this area?
This is a real question btw, not taking the piss. Obviously, you had some expectations when you decided to come to Cambodia, and it has turned out to be different from what you expected.
So, how, why, what ?
Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
To be fair, if he alighted at hometown guesthouse, and he wasn't wearing a wifebeater...
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of pp
Plenty of great western food outlets in Phnom Penhronadurante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:23 pm City is a dump, I'm at the hometown hotel. I'm on a bus tomorrow, what a waste of a trip.
Any western food in this area?
Bouchon Wine Bar
Sonoma Oyster Bar
Provence
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Re: Hotels in the redlight districts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
How is Sun & Moon for ballers?fax wrote:Sun & Moon for ballers
It isn’t $100 for a small room like Sokha nor is it backpacker central.
Trendy but functional room design. Clean, well maintained room, good breakfast buffet. No outward appearance of the tour bus hordes. Has an elevator.
I tend to spend $30-60 for a room a night. I like a nice clean room that I don’t have to walk a mile and multiple flights of stairs to get to, a comfy bed, and room service that promptly attends to details. I think it’s a good value for my money.
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