What is some of the best food in Cambodia? Or food that is traditional to Cambodia?

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:49 am

All that fear of MSG is laughable, especially when you consider that sugar is a real killer and everywhere, in huge quantities.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 11:32 am

cautious colin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:57 am
Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:42 am
Freightdog wrote: ↑Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:49 pm Salt and MSG.
It’s a small bone of contention as I don’t use much, let alone a lot, of salt when cooking. The other half has jars of sugar, salt and MSG which I truly want to nail down and superglue shut.
Makes you wonder how MSG has become a main ingredient for virtually all dishes in a conservative country like Cambodia.

Hell, they even like to put it in the lemon juice-salt-pepper-(sugar, optional) dip.

I tried to ban it from the kitchen. So far failed.
what's wrong with msg?

Nothing, when used in small quantities and when you're not overly sensitive to it.

But when making food from fresh ingredients I don't like it in my food. Just like too much salt or sugar.

bossho · Post by **bossho** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:32 pm

The salt, pepper and lime dipping sauce that is often served in ramikens is called "beurmereak", or is my recall incorrect?

cautious colin · Post by **cautious colin** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:55 pm

bossho wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:32 pm The salt, pepper and lime dipping sauce that is often served in ramikens is called "beurmereak", or is my recall incorrect?

that is sort of correct. what you have written there is "salt pepper". which is what it is

bossho · Post by **bossho** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:45 pm

Well, out with it then @cautious colin. And, the beur part sounds like the pronunciation for the Khmer word for butter. My sense is that locals do call it beurmureak or very similar and that that term is a bastardized French loaner term.

Post by **Freightdog** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:16 pm

Is this not just us dullard Barang trying to get their tongues and ears around the different and very subtle pronunciations? I know I still have some big trouble, especially where the first and last letter, sometimes words and syllables, seemingly mumble into incoherency…

Beurre (frog for butter)
Bu, Latinized from ប៊ឺ, which is Khmer for beurre, which is frog for butter
Beur, latinised from បឺរ which is a short form Khmer for avocado?
KamBaor, from កំបេារ (which I’m still unsure of as Khmer keep telling me lime and lemon, same same)

And then
AmbelMrechKrauchma
អំបិលម្រេចក្រូចឆ្មា

This latter one voiced quickly, the first syllable and last word often get missed to become (or sound like) BuhMrek?

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 3:54 pm

bossho wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 12:32 pm The salt, pepper and lime dipping sauce that is often served in ramikens is called "beurmereak", or is my recall incorrect?

I think you're wrong. The translation of the Khmer word is 'pepper water' / 'pepper sauce', tuk mrech (ទឹកម្រេច).

cautious colin · Post by **cautious colin** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:49 pm

bossho wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:45 pm Well, out with it then @cautious colin. And, the beur part sounds like the pronunciation for the Khmer word for butter. My sense is that locals do call it beurmureak or very similar and that that term is a bastardized French loaner term.

I'm no expert, but I think it is salt pepper

Also as @Kammekor says, sometimes also water pepper

Salt in khmer is mbel (the m is pretty silent to most)

Sounds very similar to slang 7 too. As with a lot of Khmer words, you can pretty much miss the first syllable or 2

Therefore salt pepper, អំបិលម្រេច

Butter, at least to my ear sounds different, like beurre as you say.

Also butter wouldn't make sense here, as there is no butter (and the sauce not creamy in the slightest)

On a side note, avacado is butter fruit, but that does make sense

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Tue Feb 21, 2023 7:19 pm

cautious colin wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:49 pm
bossho wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:45 pm Well, out with it then @cautious colin. And, the beur part sounds like the pronunciation for the Khmer word for butter. My sense is that locals do call it beurmureak or very similar and that that term is a bastardized French loaner term.
I'm no expert, but I think it is salt pepper

Also as @Kammekor says, sometimes also water pepper

Yes, it's called salt-pepper (ambul-mrech) and 'pepper water' (tuk mrech). You can use both (in Khmer).

Post by **Freightdog** » Wed Feb 22, 2023 6:01 am

TukMrek/AmbelMrek seem to be used interchangeably.

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