For a Child’s Smile

    Chateau Haut Blanville is a family owned winery in the Languedoc region of southern France. The winery sources its fruit from a number of vineyards and sub regions in the area, taking advantage of...

Love Thy Neighbour

To say that I enjoy Thai food would be a bit like suggesting Imelda Marcos occasionally liked to wear shoes, (she famously admitted to owning over 1,000 pairs at one point). I’ve been traveling to...

The Mexican coming up Trumps in Cambodia

Question: what do Angkor Wat and Mexican cuisine have in common? Answer: both are on Unesco Heritage Lists, Angkor on the ‘World Heritage List’ and Mexican Cuisine on its ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage List’ oh, and...

Gives me the Schnitz

We all have that take-me-home food, that one dish that transports us right back to mum’s kitchen; our most favourtie of childhood favourites. If we manage to discover this food abroad then it can...

The Old Chinese House

Old House Chinese House sits on the riverside opposite the port in Sisowath Quay; it was built in 1904, a time when Phnom Penh was just beginning to establish itself as the capital of...

Malis – Living Cambodian Cuisine

Cambodian Cuisine is said to be one of the oldest cuisines in the world, yet its traditions, its recipes and its history have been passed down from generation to generation as an oral history...

Est-essential

    A new cocktail lounge and supper club in Phnom Penh, simply named Est bar, blends great style with a certain comfortable panache. Medieval legend has it that before Italian monks would set out on journeys...

The First Decade

    Open Wine is one of those Phnom Penh institutions that you take comfort in knowing are always there for you. Yet, in a city where new dining establishments -with promises of the extraordinary- open...