Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
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Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
The Cambodian capital’s nightlife is changing from workaday to sophisticated. Tamara Hinson raises a stylish glass
I’m 37 storeys up, sipping cocktails as the sun slips away. At the bar — an illuminated, UFO-like oval — a couple snaps a selfie. It’s very Dubai, or possibly Bangkok. You definitely wouldn’t expect it from Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh has long been known for its nightlife but not the sophisticated kind. Most visitors don’t make it past the tired bars lining the Tonlé Sap river.
Kiwi co-owner William Norbert-Munns has lived here for years. “The inspiration was our motorcycle workshop,” he reveals. “Steel, cement, timber, glass and mirrors — that industrial feel.”
Head bartender Pok Pisal’s arsenal of ingredients includes Kampot pepper, lemongrass and homemade bitters. His love of the ancient city of Battambang inspired a cocktail based on gin infused with cinnamon grown there. The Phnom Neang Kong Rey gin and tonic contains the local citrus plant ma-om.
Full article https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/tr ... 15221.html
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Re: Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
It's beautiful and good luck, but for my part I avoid places like this.
Prefer slumming with locals or expats at less glitzy places better value
An example: Long After Dark, great food at reasonable prices, anything but beer (drinks) are stupid prices
Prefer slumming with locals or expats at less glitzy places better value
An example: Long After Dark, great food at reasonable prices, anything but beer (drinks) are stupid prices
Re: Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
Sora at Rosewood is beautiful. I've been 2 or 3 times. Not for long, as I'm not earning the big bucks.
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Re: Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
200$ minimum spending for just sitting on the stupid sofa, drinks r good though
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thanks for the tip, im a big ramen fan, will be there soon
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Re: Cocktail maestros are shaking up Phnom Penh’s bar scene
thanks @fax the tonkotsu ramen was the best i had tasted in KoW, the soup thick n flavourful that left a sticky feel on the lips (which is a very good sign)
the sashimi was excellent too, the mackeral was extremely fatty and sweet
will be going back whenever i hv the chance
the sashimi was excellent too, the mackeral was extremely fatty and sweet
will be going back whenever i hv the chance
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