Where is the best Thai restaurant in Cambodia

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Where is the best Thai restaurant in Cambodia

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My favourite thai restaurant in Cambodia used to be a little guesthouse on victory hill that closed down about 5-6 years ago due to new chinese management. Are there any good ones in Phnom Penh or Kampot with a good vibe?

In thailand I loved the thai restaurant called Bali Hai located in the Siam Bayshore hotel, their thai food was fantastic. Are they still in business?
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I liked Boat Noodle

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_ ... ml?m=19905

Tom Yum Kung as well.
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A good friend, who claims to know Thai food well, insists it's Mama Thai.
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Yosaya Thai food. Owners from Bangkok, they trained cooks to cook original Thai food, not sugary Cambodian version. Most expensive and watery Tom yum I had in Mama Thai.
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lemongrass in PP used to be pretty close, ( not exactly as some ingredients cant be sourced here)same goes for mama thai
the ones here in kampot are shit
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Never understood this question when travel was easy, my suggestion was always "Thailand" :-)

A bit like being in Calais and asking where the best roast beef is. :D
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Where is the best Thai restaurant in Cambodia


I tell you where it is NOT. The one on Riverside next to Harry's. I think it's called Chiang Mai. The food is rubbish, no flavour and the meat looks like shredded roadkill.

The best Thai food I had was a small Thai 'cafe' in East London run by an old Thai couple. Food was lovely. As soon as I got to Thailand all I saw was tatty open air shacks with roaming dogs and mystery food in filthy conditions. I never ate anything that I would want again. It was a bitter disappointment.
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Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:24 am
Where is the best Thai restaurant in Cambodia


I tell you where it is NOT. The one on Riverside next to Harry's. I think it's called Chiang Mai. The food is rubbish, no flavour and the meat looks like shredded roadkill.

The best Thai food I had was a small Thai 'cafe' in East London run by an old Thai couple. Food was lovely. As soon as I got to Thailand all I saw was tatty open air shacks with roaming dogs and mystery food in filthy conditions. I never ate anything that I would want again. It was a bitter disappointment.
sorry u never got to sample good , authentic thai food>
but did u really expect an open air, on the street sidewalk , cooking out of one wok restaurant to be the best??
there some exactly ones in Bangkok, ( my favorites are Bo Lan, Thanying, Steve Café & Supanniga X Roots to name a few) an even Phuket ( Baan Rim Pa & Kan Eang)
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phuketrichard wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:52 am
Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:24 am
Where is the best Thai restaurant in Cambodia


I tell you where it is NOT. The one on Riverside next to Harry's. I think it's called Chiang Mai. The food is rubbish, no flavour and the meat looks like shredded roadkill.

The best Thai food I had was a small Thai 'cafe' in East London run by an old Thai couple. Food was lovely. As soon as I got to Thailand all I saw was tatty open air shacks with roaming dogs and mystery food in filthy conditions. I never ate anything that I would want again. It was a bitter disappointment.
sorry u never got to sample good , authentic thai food>
but did u really expect an open air, on the street sidewalk , cooking out of one wok restaurant to be the best??
there some exactly ones in Bangkok, ( my favorites are Bo Lan, Thanying, Steve Café & Supanniga X Roots to name a few) an even Phuket ( Baan Rim Pa & Kan Eang)
The next time I go I will seek recommendations, I haven't given up yet!
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It's not Kampot, that's for sure
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