Some guide books say that Cambodia's cuisine is nothing to write home about and a poorer cousin to Thai and Vietnamese cuisines. Now, that is completely untrue. A thousand years ago the Khmer Kingdom, which centred on Angkor, ruled an empire that included most of south-east Asia. Hence, many of the Thai and other regional dishes have their roots in Khmer cooking from that time! While there are similarities, Cambodian cuisine should be taken in its own right. Khmer recipes go back to the days before the introduction of the chilli, so are consequently much milder than most Asian food.
The morning class:
$22 per person
Return transfers are included from your hotel
AM classes commence at 9.30am and finish at around 12.30pm
Colour recipe cards are provided
Private workstations with a maximum of six per class
Bookings are essential
Afternoon class from 12:30 pm ....
Each class starts with a short village tour to meet a local family. This is an opportunity to learn about cooking and cuisine in a typical Khmer household. Along the way we stop to look at herbs and spices grown around homes that are used in daily meals. We start our classes with a look at the special ingredients used in Cambodian Cooking. See, smell and touch galangal, tumeric, kaffir limes, lemongrass and more.