A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[yinyang]

Froggy, so you did the bar strip.

PP’s streets are in blocks, ala french (frogs) influence.
Most telling is the modern looking main boulevard crossing city.
But then you get blxxdy PM’s official residence smack in the centre
(you got to get around it, no missing it).

Another observation: many khmers are of relatively young age. Mean average monthly income circa usd60-80.

If you got 30mins to spare, try popping by Sihanouk’s old palace (near waterfront).

 

[Froggy]

Froggy, so you did the bar strip.

PP’s streets are in blocks, ala french (frogs) influence.
Most telling is the modern looking main boulevard crossing city.
But then you get blxxdy PM’s official residence smack in the centre
(you got to get around it, no missing it).

Another observation: many khmers are of relatively young age. Mean average monthly income circa usd60-80.

If you got 30mins to spare, try popping by Sihanouk’s old palace (near waterfront).

Actually I live on the bar strip which is the infamous Street 136 (I didn't know till I got here)

 

[Froggy]

Here's my early morning Cambodian traditional market photos

 

[Froggy]

Frogs and vegetables

Chicken on motorbike

Chicken - "before" and "after"

Vegetable strip

Eggs

Gigantic snake head

 

[Froggy]

Fish seller

Making fritters

Cooked food

Roadside food stall

 

[Froggy]

Had breakfast at the same noodle stall that I went yesterday. Its just diagonally across from my hotel at the junction of Street 136 and Street 15

Photo of my hotel taken from the shop as shown is diagonally across

The boss at work

Outside sitting

Inside sitting

Today had the dry version

The delicious soup with fishballs and sliced pork

Mix the noodle with the sauces as show, it very good

Check out the cars outside the shop now I know why its bloody US$4 a bowl, lol

 

[Froggy]

Crossing the Mekong in Cambodia for the first time in a car on a ferry

Its a very side river

Water is flowing fast and lots of sediments

 

[shittypore]

Try to avoid any food tats fried, mostly all stalls uses recycled oil, even tos restaurants line in front of the Mekong. Beer 50 cents happy hour (24 hrs is their happy hrs.)

 

[Froggy]

Last night went out dinner in a tuk-tuk. Now I don't even take a tuk-tuk in Thailand so this is very interesting for me in Phnom Penh. It was a cool evening so the ride was really comfortable. I think this is the way to see the city.

[media]

Hope you enjoy this traditional Khmer music too

 

[Froggy]

Evening went to a bar for some drinks and snack

Here comes my beer

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Cuttle fish

Overall this is a nice high end bar

 

[Froggy]

Omg why am I missing Phnom Penh already?

 

[shittypore]

Sure leading a life of Rich and Famous, the Samster's version, most can only dream of it.

 

[Froggy]

Sure leading a life of Rich and Famous, the Samster's version, most can only dream of it.

I am neither just lucky work brings me places not play but work hard.

 

[Froggy]

At junction of Streets 136 and13 is a coffeeshop crowded with people every morning.

Cooking area extremely busy

My dry noodle (US$2.50)

Hot coffee US$1 (rater expensive)

My verdict is I prefer the first shop due to the soup taste more natural less sweet which this stall is rather sweet I guess due to MSG. The fish ball from the first shop is also nicer. This is just personal preference.

 

[Charlie99]

[froggy],
Thank you for the photos.

 

[Froggy]

My second and last night in Phnom Penh had drinks at Oskar and then dinner at Malis

The friendly tuk-tuk driver who took us to Malis

The entrance

Very nice garden spa-like atmosphere

Fresh mango juice

Sour seafood soup (like Thai tomyam)

Khmer sausages

Crab fried rice

Homok

Salad (looks like Thai somtam but it totally different)

Morning glory stirfry

Crispy duck

Desserts

 

[Froggy]

Before I left for the airport yesterday had a quick lunch/dinner at this restaurant

Decor is pretty nice, all red

Pineapple fried rice, smell better than the Thai version cos teh Cambodian version has coconut milk, great!

Fish cake

Stirfry beef

Morning glory

frog legs, love this with the beer

Mango salad

Hormok, do you know that this is the same as Thai? Same name too.

Thisi is strange but marvalous

What a great way to end a trip

 

[Froggy]

I find the Phnom Penh airport a breeze, its not crowded in the first place and pretty efficient and quick. I also have to give compliment to the PhnomPenh Airport Lounge - Plaza Premium Lounge. It is very very spacious and nice decors

Food wise they seem to have everything and cooked to order, this is very rare

 

[Bonut]

I find the Phnom Penh airport a breeze, its not crowded in the first place and pretty efficient and quick. I also have to give compliment to the PhnomPenh Airport Lounge - Plaza Premium Lounge. It is very very spacious and nice decors

Food wise they seem to have everything and cooked to order, this is very rare

No teenage beggars chased you around?

 

[Froggy]

I'm back to Bangkok. Its Saturday morning time for brunch. Went to my favourite Indian restaurant Tamil Nadu at Silom Soi 11. This is I guess the only Southern Indian Restaurant (that serve meat) in Bangkok. All other meat serving Indian restaurants are Northern Indian which is not what I like and the Southern Indian restaurants here are all vegetarian, sad.

Simple restaurant

Dhosa or Thosai

Roti chanai

Chicken biryani

Chicken in basmati rice

Daal

Mutton curry from goat

Brunch for 2

This is a small restaurant along Soi 6 of Silom Road. Be warned, only 2 parking spaces