Wondering what are the famous food in Cambodia? Just like Cambodians who are simple and friendly, Cambodian cuisine is not overly prescriptive. It has become one of the most noticeable highlights, making diners feel the intimacy and sincerity in each experience of taste in this land. On your travel itinerary, do not forget to enjoy the famous food of this country. Here is a list of the famous food in Cambodia that tourists should try when visiting Cambodia.
Although not a country that owns world-renowned cuisine, any visitor to Cambodia, having a chance to enjoy the unique cuisine of the country will see the Khmer culture and famous food in Cambodia. This makes it unique in the unforgettable taste. Cambodian cuisine brings various flavors of neighboring countries, but still has its own special characteristics, which are very special to satisfy any visitor to Cambodia. Cambodian dishes mostly made with a variety of seasonings and often fatty, this is due to the influence of Indian and Chinese processing styles.

1) Lap Khmer (beef salad)

The fist famous food in Cambodia is Lap Khmer. If you are tired of dishes made from meat, or contains too much oil and fat, this attractive salad is the perfect choice for diners. Additionally, beef salad is a great choice to enjoy in the hot summer weather because of the extreme pleasant feeling. Lap is the name of the Khmer beef salad, which consists of thinly sliced beef or reef marinated with lemon juice, mixed with lemongrass, dried onion, garlic, fish sauce and herbs, and fresh peppers. This is a very popular dish in Cambodia and a favorite dish of Cambodian men. With the attractive sour and spicy taste, Lao Khmer is one of the favorite dishes in many gatherings.

2) Fish Amok
In the Cambodian culinary culture, amok occupies a very important position and a famous food in Cambodia, bringing the full flavor of Cambodia, amok is a dish full of the taste of this country. This is a dish looks simple, but the processing is very delicate and sophisticated. The sweet taste from the palm sugar, sweet fat of coconut milk, the soft smell of prohok, mixed with banana leaf have made a great dish for people to enjoy. The charm of this dish comes from the delicious ingredients along with the typical spices of the Cambodians.
This unique dishe first appeared from the large lake Tonle Sap. Amok is made of palm sugar, coconut milk, prohok sauce and usually wrapped in banana leaves. Typical amok dishes are chicken amok, fish amok… Fish amok usually made from snakehead fish or catfish. Grated beef, sugar and eggs are mixed into a mixture, then cooked, wrapped fillet with the mixture, add some slok Ngor leaves, a local herb and then wrapped by Banana leaves and steamed. Remove the banana leaves, try a small piece you will immediately be fascinated by the delicious taste of this exclusive dish. The ingredients blend together to create a new and exciting experience.
Furthermore, beside raw fish, Cambodians sometimes break the traditional dish with other ingredients such as chicken, beef, pork, tofu … to create a different flavor.
In addition, this fish Amok before serving will be added lime green leaves cut, red peppers with a little bit of white coconut milk, then you will see this disk colorful and attractive.

3) Nom banh chok

If you have a chance to visit Cambodia, do not hesitate to sit in the middle of the street eating Nom banh chok to see the unique features of street food here. Nom Banh Chok is a famous food in Cambodia and quite popular. As a typical breakfast snack, visitors will find this dish sold on the street side of the women. For special events like festivals or weddings, Nom Banh Chok is often cooked with red curry.
Nom Banh Chok consists of rice noodles with water made from traditional spices, fresh mint, banana, cucumber and other green vegetables. The broth of Nom Banh Chok is the secret to make the magic of this dish. Khmer people in Cambodia see the Nom Banh Chok as a specialty to treat guests and the main ingredient to cook broth in the noodles dishes. The sauce is made of freshwater fish along with other spices such as salt, sugar, pepper, garlic, chili, hackberry in a certain proportion. Especially, noodles in Cambodia does not have borax, therefore, noodles is less clammy and pappy than other types of noodles. Therefore, diners will feel safer and more delicious.

4) Bai sach chrouk

In the list of famous food in Cambodia, Bai sach chrouk is a perfect choice for an ordinary meal. This is a simple dish, but popular, still full of nutrients, and attract foreign tourists to enjoy in Cambodia. Although it is a very rustic dish with processing method is not sophisticated, with a subtle combination of flavors and different foods that Cambodian people have created a poisonous dish. It is prepared to meet the needs of the local people while satisfying tourists when coming here.
The main ingredients for making a complete Bai sach chrouk are grown rice (to cook broken rice) and pork marinated and seasoned. The broken rice is cooked from fragrant rice, fine and clear seeds. Pork are thinly sliced, marinated in coconut milk or garlic and grilled on charcoal, so that the meat is slowly permeable and has a natural sweet taste. Bai sach chrouk is often used in combination with cucumber, tomato or salt radish. These are not only good for the health but also create a variety of sweet and sour taste makes us feel better and easier to eat. Especially, this dish cannot lack of an indispensable cup of hot soup. This soup is made of fresh onions and fried onions to create a sweet scent. Some restaurants also use chicken broth to make the soup.
Bai Sach Chrouk is a simple gift of the country Cambodia that visitors should try when having opportunity to visit. Delicious and attractive flavor and reasonable price will undoubtedly be an ideal breakfast for travelers on their itinerary exploring Cambodia.

5) Kdăm Chaa (fried crab)

Next famous food in Cambodia is Fried crab. Fried crab is a specialty dish in coastal towns in Cambodia. Crab is a nutrient-rich food with the sweetness of meat, which has quickly become a raw material in food processing. In the coastal areas of Cambodia, local people often create various unique and delicious dishes made from fresh seafood.
Crabs are carefully selected, pre-processed and fried with crispy pepper and garlic to create simple but extremely attractive dishes. An indispensable spice of this dish is the Kampot pepper. Kampot is a famous spice in the world of gourmet cuisine, although visitors can find this pepper in dry form but can only enjoy the unique flavor of these green peppers in Cambodia.
When the dish is complete, visitors will be excited at the first sight by a combination of colors: blue, red, black, yellow. If you have the opportunity to go to the coastal areas of Cambodia, do not forget to enjoy the fried crab with garlic and pepper.

6) Ang dtray – meuk (grilled squid)
Squid is familiar seafood usually made into many delicious dishes. There are some popular dishes such as grilled squid, stuffed with meat, fried, steamed, stir-fried … Each dish brings to people different sensations of taste. However, if you can take on a Cambodia trip, you should not miss the opportunity to try grilled squid (the Cambodian people call Ang dtray – meuk). To make appetizing Ang dtray – meuk, squid is marinated with lemon juice or fish sauce, then roasted on skewers and served with a typical Cambodian sauce, made from garlic, fresh chili, fish sauce, limejuice and sugar. Diners will feel soft and sweet grilled squid, and want to enjoy more times. Visitors will easily see seafood vendors, carrying small charcoal on their shoulders and serving tourists right on the beach in coastal towns such as Sihanoukville and Kep. If you want to look for a type of street food in Cambodia, why you do not choose Ang dtray-meuk? This is also a famous food in Cambodia.

7) Trey Aing (Grilled fish)

We can not mention Trey Aing in famous food in Cambodia. If you are passionate about traveling, exploring new places, you will agree that enjoying street food is the simplest and most effective way to explore the local culture of each trip. Grilled meat and grilled fish are no strange food to us but when coming to Cambodia, you will see the variety and popularity of these grilled dishes. Across the streets, you can easily see the attractive grilled fish sold that you cannot ignore. Grilled fish is a traditional dish for special occasions in Cambodia. The fish fried, placed on a plate of sauce made from coconut curry, yellow cucumber and peppers, served with vegetables such as cauliflower, cabbage … and rice or noodles.
Tourists can choose a fish they like (after preliminary processing stage), then the seller will bake the fish on the charcoal stove. After that, the fish skin cleverly split, tourists can eat the meat inside. In some luxury restaurants, grilled fish can be peeled off the skin, soaked with salt and served with green and sour mango.

8) Khmer red curry
For a long time, Cambodian Khmer curry is a specialty that everyone wants to enjoy. The sweetness, smell, fat and the attraction of raw materials will make visitors fascinated when one enjoy this dish. The sweetness and the attraction of raw materials will make visitors fascinated when trying. Because Khmer red curry is a very famous food in Cambodia.
Khmer red curry in Cambodia is less piquant than the curry of neighboring country like Thailand. Red curry is usually made of beef, chicken or fish, eggplant, green beans, potatoes, fresh coconut milk, citronella and peppers. It is much easier to eat Khmer red curry in Cambodia than Thai curry. Red curry is eaten with bread – influenced from the French. This dish is often served at Cambodian special occasions such as weddings, family gatherings and religious holidays such as Pchum Ben, or ancestral date – the occasion for Cambodian people to make dishes to offer the monks on behalf of those who died.
Not only delicious, but this curry also has many benefits to health. The main ingredient in red curry as turmeric, rancid is effective in preventing gastrointestinal diseases and other diseases. In addition, curry powder also cure many diseases such as diabetes, or prevent anti-oxidation effect of cells, …

9) Red tree ants beef

It seems that if just hear the name of this dish, many visitors may feel that they cannot eat, but when coming to Cambodia, you should definitely try this eating receptacle. Dishes processed from insects are very ordinary in Cambodia, hence, you will find all kinds of insects on the menu at the restaurant in this country. Furthermore, one of the most tempting dishes you should try is fried bean with beef and basil. This dish is a famous food in Cambodia.
One of the main ingredients for making this dish is beef. The beef will be sliced and then fried with spices, depending on the taste of each person that the meat will be rare or cooked. It is especially worth mentioning here, that when eating ants, the crunchiness along with a small sound accompanied by a sour taste that will happen. It is not like the sour taste of lemon, the sour taste of tamarind, but it is quite new sour taste. The dish has a unique taste due to its subtle sour taste and the penetration of beef. Ants with sizes ranging from small to invisible or about 1 inch long will be fried together with ginger, citronella, garlic, shallots and sliced beef. This dish is usually served with rice.

10) Cha Houy Teuk (jelly dessert)
The last famous food in Cambodia, Cha Houy Teuk is a mixture of sticky rice made from glutinous rice, taro, red bean, pumpkin, jackfruit and all kinds of jelly, served with coconut milk and ice. The processing method is quite simple and easy, Cha Houy Teuk has become the essential food to eat in the hot weather. With fresh and well-processed ingredients, this jelly dessert is good for your health. In addition, the price of this attractive Cha Houy Teuk jelly is cheap.

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