Best picks on Street 402

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Best picks on Street 402

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Bok lahong. GT2/Taing Rinith

Taing Rinith and Som Kanika
September 13, 2019


A true foodie will love walking on Street 402 in Toul Tompong.

In case you don’t know, the 0.96-km narrow street located near the Chinese Embassy is regarded as the street food haven for residents there, especially students in the locality. With so many gustatory temptations, Taing Rinith and Som Kanika come to your aid with a whirlwind tour of the best dishes with affordable prices on the underrated food street – and how it is eaten.

Num banh chuk sros
THERE is a state-run primary school on Street 402, and next to the school entrance is a nameless noodle stand with a few tables and chairs. Open from 7:30am to eight at night, it serves soup noodle and kuy teav, which most people enjoy in Cambodia, but the most popular dish is num banh chuk sros, a bowl of rice noodle and meat broth......

Bok lahong
Known as som ram in Thailand and gỏi đu đủ in Vietnam, the well-known street green papaya salad has also stamped its mark of popularity in Street 402. There are many vendors hawking it in the area, yet you can find the most appetising version in Bok Lahong Ptas Boran....

Pong tea kon
Now, this one is a queasy adventure, not so much on your palate as on your concept of life..., pong tea kon (known as balot in the Philippines), which can be simply described as a developing duck .Cambodian people believe that food like this gives them giga-bites of energy and even functions as “natural Viagra”, according to Gordon Ramsey, who ate it during his filming of the Great Escape in Cambodia....

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"Bok lahong
Known as som ram in Thailand"

That should read Som Tam or Som Tum ส้มตำ.
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"....it serves soup noodle and kuy teav"

Kuy teav IS noddle soup :-)
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