Signatures : Alain Darc
Master Chef Alain Darc, known affectionately as ‘Papa’ by many in Cambodia, is a celebrated and decorated career chef; literally born into the fine restaurants, hotels and kitchens of France. Descended...
Penh Folds - The Four Wines of Destiny
“The Ox is slow but the Earth is Patient”
Confucius
The recent Spring Festival and Lunar New Year heralded in the arrival of the year of the...
Ostra e Vino - Old Vines, New Seas
The Evening:
Ostensibly a ‘new dishes’ try-out, at Tim Squires’ epicenter of all things seafood in Phnom Penh. Squires' ‘The Oyster Bar’ is at Ostra Fine Foods...
The Chinese Lantern Under a Bushel
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness”
Chinese Proverb
The Tower
The Vattanac Capital Tower rises over Phnom Penh like a dragon’s tail, standing at 187.3 meters, it...
From Lost World to Last Hope
‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments...
Octo bills itself as a 'restobar' -having weaved down a small alley, climbed a rickety staircase, up past multiple, mixed businesses on each floor until lost, deep in the bowels of a decaying remnant,...
Ham & Sherry
“Just to eat is a gift.”
Ferran Adria
A small, hole-in-the-wall ‘Bodega’ down a little lane in Wan Chai -noticeable by the Catalan style blue and white wall tiles on its...
On The Table - Tokyo Café
AEON Mall II – Sen Sok City, Phnom Penh
I’ve never been big on Mall restaurants, eateries or bars, the whole concept just seems like it’s all faux atmosphere, cooking...
