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Pork-stuffed bitter melon ... one of my favs of all time.
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Mrs Clutch makes this also and I like it muchly....but, not for bfast.
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Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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Mreah.
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BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I liked Kaw Bong Dtia in Thailand but here it's too sugary. Fatty pork in syrup: unhealthy. Stuffed bitter gourd: healthy.
Dunno why the OP added meatballs!?
I always ask, "Ort dah brahat!"
If the server puts meatballs in anyway (50% do), the street dogs get fed.
As for deep-fried meatballs in batter?
I'd rather eat my own doings.
Each to their own...... 🍷

You guys ever try Beng Chao (Banh Xeo)?
Yellow wok fried rice flour thin pancake stuffed with minced chicken/pork/fish & tiny prawn and bean sprouts with a sweet dipping sauce containing ground peanuts and accompanied by a shopping bag full of washed salad (lettuce, spearmint, peppermint, cucumber, cupla chillies and 2 others I can't name).
In the provincial markets 1.500 KHR.
PP markets 2.000 KHR.
Delicious 😋
Healthy 😀
Dirt cheap 😔
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DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:08 am
BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I liked Kaw Bong Dtia in Thailand but here it's too sugary. Fatty pork in syrup: unhealthy. Stuffed bitter gourd: healthy.
Dunno why the OP added meatballs!?
I always ask, "Ort dah brahat!"
If the server puts meatballs in anyway (50% do), the street dogs get fed.
As for deep-fried meatballs in batter?
I'd rather eat my own doings.
Each to their own...... 🍷
Like many dishes here; it depends both where in the country it is prepared and who is preparing it

Kaw will be markedly different in Kampot, PP, BTB, Anglong Veng and Mondolkiri

Generally (to my taste) Khmer food is better the further North & West one goes, but it's very subjective
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BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I like it best when chicken is added. The chicken braised in pork fat is quite delicious IMHO. They can leave out the feet though....
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Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:15 am
DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:08 am
BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I liked Kaw Bong Dtia in Thailand but here it's too sugary. Fatty pork in syrup: unhealthy. Stuffed bitter gourd: healthy.
Dunno why the OP added meatballs!?
I always ask, "Ort dah brahat!"
If the server puts meatballs in anyway (50% do), the street dogs get fed.
As for deep-fried meatballs in batter?
I'd rather eat my own doings.
Each to their own...... 🍷
Like many dishes here; it depends both where in the country it is prepared and who is preparing it

Kaw will be markedly different in Kampot, PP, BTB, Anglong Veng and Mondolkiri

Generally (to my taste) Khmer food is better the further North & West one goes, but it's very subjective
Yup. I bought a pork Banh Xeo in Kampot for 5,000 KHR. It was stodgy, oily and too sweet.
My neighbour's dog got well fed that day.
Kampong Cham riverside 2015 delicious chicken Banh Xeo 1,000 KHR. Large one 2,000 KHR. I went every day for two months.The Vietnamese seller added spring onions too - in the pancake and the salad. A welcome variant.
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DavidMurphy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:08 am
BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I liked Kaw Bong Dtia in Thailand but here it's too sugary. Fatty pork in syrup: unhealthy. Stuffed bitter gourd: healthy.
Dunno why the OP added meatballs!?
I always ask, "Ort dah brahat!"
If the server puts meatballs in anyway (50% do), the street dogs get fed.
As for deep-fried meatballs in batter?
I'd rather eat my own doings.
Each to their own...... 🍷

You guys ever try Beng Chao (Banh Xeo)?
Yellow wok fried rice flour thin pancake stuffed with minced chicken/pork/fish & tiny prawn and bean sprouts with a sweet dipping sauce containing ground peanuts and accompanied by a shopping bag full of washed salad (lettuce, spearmint, peppermint, cucumber, cupla chillies and 2 others I can't name).
In the provincial markets 1.500 KHR.
PP markets 2.000 KHR.
Delicious 😋
Healthy 😀
Dirt cheap 😔
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Met an older woman in Da Lat couple years back ... near the center square ... she was a banh xeo ace! Can't find my pics of her in action, but here are some from VN News Service ...



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Kammekor wrote:
BklynBoy wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:20 am Don't care for that as much as Kaw

Kaw is more common and easier to grab and go but to each his own

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I like it best when chicken is added. The chicken braised in pork fat is quite delicious IMHO. They can leave out the feet though....
Khmer chicken feet tend be to tough and chewy. Even the preserved chicken feet.

I like the Chinese dim sum style. Melt off the bone chicken feet. Inhale, spit out the small bones.
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