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Cooking Class- Cambodia

By Chelsea

 In Siem Reap, we took a cooking class at a restaurant called the Paper Tiger Eatery.
It was super fun and we had so much food at the end, we couldn't finish it all!
Our teacher took us to the market down the street to show us the ingredients we would be using.


We had about ten people in our class. For the food, we got to choose one appetizer, one main and we all did the same dessert. We actually did the class at the restaurant so we chose the food off of a small menu.
We got to peel all of our vegetables for the appetizers with this cool peeler. We actually bought one to bring home because it was so good!!!



We all made the things we chose... Nathan made fresh spring rolls and beef lok lak. Parker and my dad worked together. They made fried spring rolls with chicken and fish amok. My mom made green mango salad and chicken amok. I made fried spring rolls with pork and chicken curry. Here are the dishes!!
Green mango salad
                                        
                                                                                

Fried spring rolls


Fresh spring rolls

Chicken amok

Beef lok lak



Chicken curry with rice



Mango sticky rice.( the dessert)





























                We had a great day cooking, eating and meeting new people.  Cambodian food is a lot like thai food in almost every way!   The preparation and the spices were very similar.  My thai curry had more coconut milk than my cambodian curry.  We all found the flavors milder in Cambodia.

The fried spring rolls we made were the best spring rolls we have ever had!

 I definitely recommend this place for a dinner or a cooking class!! Our teacher was really good and taught us many things!

Comments

  1. naetgirlJanuary 31, 2020 at 3:31 AM

    Can't wait for you guys to come home. Brunch at your house? We don't want you to forget any of your cooking lessons now do we? 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 Just joking. Keep on travelling, learning and enjoying the world first hand!

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    1. Chelsea February 1, 2020 at 2:27 AM

      We can't wait to share our new cooking skills with you when we get home!

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  2. EvaJanuary 31, 2020 at 10:38 AM

    Hey Chelsea! Great post! Did you find the flavours of the meals you cooked in Cambodia significantly different from what you cooked/tasted in Thailand?

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    1. Chelsea February 1, 2020 at 2:26 AM

      Thanks for reading my post. I added a bit more detail based on your questions. And yes, the flavors were very similar to Thailand.

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    2. EvaFebruary 3, 2020 at 7:02 AM

      Thanks for the added details about the food. I have never tasted Cambodian food so I was wondering...I am really enjoying reading everyone's posts. (especially the food related ones :-))

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  3. Chelsea February 4, 2020 at 7:36 PM

    You're welcome!

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