Up and out for a Cambodian (Khmer) cooking class this morning. Got picked up at 9am and was with a group of volunteers (Aussie, French, Spanish, Cambodian, Switzerland) from a circus in Battambang, they were so nice and friendly. We got taken in tuk tuks to a local market

Van was our teacher and he owns a restaurant in Battambang called smoking pot and is very set in his ways about Khmer food and believes very much in the traditional food and how it differs from Thailand and China. His story…

Van took us to his community’s local market and he knew everyone and got all our ingredients from here. Saw a lady hit a fish on the floor which was an experience and also one fish hopped out the bowl and she threw it straight back in…

We were going to be using this fish later

Our curry paste for a traditional dish called Fish Amok, which is steamed and cooked in a banana leaf

Mango salad which I didn’t think I was going to like but it was actually very delicious

Cambodian beef salad - also so good

The finalised fish amok - v good too! A really good experience and very traditional. We prepared and cooked the food all in Van’s mums front garden surrounded by his family who were helping out with the cleaning as we went along. Wish I had more time here so I could visit his restaurant

Quick pedicure before my bus to Phnom Penh

Arrived around 7.30pm and got ready and went straight out to meet Jacob who I met in Bangkok. We went to a few bars and watched the football at the popular bar street here. We also did karaoke of course