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Siem Reap, Cambodia
6 dishes to eat in Siem Reap, what is in them, and where they belong.
Freshwater fish in a coconut and kroeung curry, steamed in banana leaf until it sets to a mousse. Cambodia's signature dish.
Cubed beef seared hard, served over lettuce and tomato with a black pepper and lime dipping sauce, usually with a fried egg.
Fermented rice noodles under a green fish gravy with raw vegetables — the traditional Khmer breakfast, sold from morning baskets.
A clear pork noodle soup assembled to order, the other standard breakfast.
Stir-fried with basil and chilli. The ants are sharply citric and it is a genuinely local dish, not a dare for tourists.
Sugar palm is tapped across the countryside for both a caramel-toned sugar and a fermented drink.