38 Cent Breakfast

October 20th, 2008

Num Ban Chouk

Battambang, Cambodia – This gorgeous rice noodle soup cost me 1500 riel (approximately $0.38), probably the cheapest meal I’ve had in even Southeast Asia and certainly one of the tastiest in Cambodia.  Showered in herbs and chili, the light and bright broth was lively and playful.  It was a great way to start the day.

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2 Responses to “38 Cent Breakfast”

  1. 1 Phil
    October 21st, 2008 at 8:10 am

    That’s num banchok, and I really do miss it. The noodles are semi-fermented and are practically impossible to get outside South East Asia.

    If you’re interested, I wrote about Cambodian food for about three years at phnomenon.com

  2. 2 fed
    October 24th, 2008 at 12:45 am

    I wish I knew about your Web site BEFORE I went to Cambodia and not after (or at the tail-end when internet access was limited and infuriatingly slow). Informative reading, nonetheless. Thanks for sharing!

    I’m reposting a, hopefully, clickable link:
    http://www.phnomenon.com