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Tasca do Antonio: the Heart of Portugal in Phnom Penh
Luis Rego’s Portuguese-accented English has been kneaded and stretched into a Northern New Jersey growl, the product of 17 years working as driver, bodyguard and right hand man to the scion of a notable New Jersey clan. “I was very fortunate to work for the boss because I got to know everybody,” says the chef…
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TTP Lane: Bowls, Cocktails and a Seamstress
Clusters of cafe-restaurants and other urban developments have transformed Toul Tom Pong in recent years. The once dead-quiet southern suburb appears to have been taken over by a player of the Sim City 2000 franchise who has decided to maniacally rezone all the suburb’s blocks of boreys into craft beer shacks and speakeasies. As if…
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NagaWorld’s New NABA Theatre Off to a Flying Start
Phnom Penh, 3 May 2018 – Ethiopian acrobats and international idols Icarian Games made a graceful landing at NagaWorld’s NABA theatre yesterday. Named after the Greek Mythological figure Icarus, who flew too close to the sun, acrobatic duo Natnael Menwoyelet, 15, and Kirubel Mengiste, 27, pulled off dangerous feats with ease to the astonishment of…
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Massive Turnout at KNY Concerts
Phnom Penh, 22 April 2018 – Khmer New Year celebrations ended in rapturous applause after three days and nights of performances by Cambodian entertainers at Hun Sen Park over the weekend. The capital’s very own Time’s Square attracted a massive crowd, overshone by a heavenly host of celebrities at the first-of-its-kind large-scale Khmer New Years celebrations courtesy…
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Turning Tastebuds at the Salmon House
Cambodia’s Salmon King Mao Vutha followed the regional trend for Japanese-style fresh salmon when he first set up his importing business. He has since made the product his own with a Khmer twist. Maverick The largest importer of fresh salmon in the country has the primarily Atlantic salmon delivered to the door of his restaurant the Salmon…
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The taste of Bangkok in Phnom Penh at Bangkok Prices
Yosaya Thai Food #79, St. 105 (corner St. 278) Yosaya Thai Food provides a taste of home for Phnom Penh’s Thai residents. The often packed-out hole-in-the-wall, two-story eatery is also wildly popular with locals. Tucked between a repair shop and across the road from a KTV on Phnom Penh’s long and hectic shortcut canal…