Khmer Cuisine
This popular steamed fish curry is often served in a banana leaf.
What is Fish Amok?
This festival is held at the end of the rainy season and is celebrated over three days.
What is Bon Om Touk? / What is the Water Festival?
This day celebrates the end of French colonization of Cambodia in 1953.
What is Independence Day?
What does the 9th of November celebrate?
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Who is VannDa?
This is a large market in a building built in the 1930s.
What is the Phsar Thmei? / What is the Central Market?
This dish is made from fish paste and is famous for its strong smell.
What is Prahok?
Moha Sangkrant, Veareak Vanabat and Veareak Laeung Sak are the names given to each day of this festival.
What is the Khmer New Year?
This is the name of the Muslim population that makes up Cambodia's largest ethnic minority.
Cham
Born in 1922, this person served a number of different roles in Cambodia in the 20th century. This includes being the king twice.
Who was King Norodom Sihanouk?
This is a crowded place where you can eat street food and see live music only on the weekends.
What is the Walk Street?
This sticky rice dessert is wrapped in a banana leaf and is eaten during Pchum Ben and Khmer New Year.
What is Num ansom?
This is the most popular movie genre in Cambodia.
What are horror movies?
This Khmer king built this Angkor Thom and Bayon at the end of the 12th century.
Who was Jayavarman VII?
In 1863 this Cambodian king signed a treaty with France in exchange for protection from Siam (Thailand) and Vietnam.
Who was Preah Norodom of Cambodia?
Who was King Norodom Prohmbarirak?
You can learn a lot about Khmer history and culture here.
What is the National Museum of Cambodia?
This is the dish which PeyPeyDy serves in his popular restaurants.
What is Bok lahong? / What is papaya salad?
This well-known Khmer legend is about two brothers, one of whom was an ox and the other a young man.
What is Preah Ko Preah Keo?
This important day in the history of modern Cambodia is remembered in the name of a Khan and a bridge in Phnom Penh.
What is Prampir Makara?
What is 7 Makara?
This person is a Cambodian singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. But he did not perform at the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Who is G-Devith?
Who is Dit-Way?
If you cross a bridge with the Cambodian flag you it, you will arrive in this part of town, which has restaurants and carnival rides.
What is Koh Norea?
What is Kroeung / krœăng?
This is the English name of the many headed snake that is found at Angkor Wat and bridges around the country.
What is Naga?
This was the name of the first Khmer empire which existed more than 1000 years ago.
What is Funan?
This person is a well-known Cambodian singer and actor who appeared in the film The Crocodile. He was a judge on the first season of Cambodian Idol.
Who is Preap Sovath
This is a museum where you can learn about Khmer history through coins and money.
What is the Sosoro Museum?
What is the Preah Srey Içanavarman Museum