Holiday memory — Pleah Sach Ko that transported me back

I first ate Pleah Sach Ko on a trip five years ago and have been searching for a version this good ever since. This restaurant finally delivered the delicate and herbal quality I remembered. kroeung lemongrass paste was handled correctly — something most restaurants here get slightly wrong.

Cambodian cuisine shares roots with Thai and Vietnamese cooking but has its own distinct identity shaped by Khmer culture. It was the a Phnom Penh riverside restaurant memory that I was really chasing and this recreated it. sugarcane juice was offered and brought the whole experience together. Some dishes are attached to a time and place. This one finally restored that attachment.