The food in Cambodia is similar to that of neighbouring Thailand and other Asian foods, except with a little less spice and variety, and seems to lacks the 'oomph' that makes Thai food so popular! In Cambodia you will find lots of fried rice and fried noodle dishes. Garlic is a major ingredient in many of the dishes and they don’t chop it up too finely either! However, there are some local specialties which are worthy of a mention, which you can see below.
A spoon and fork are used to eat most meals, the exception is that chopsticks are used with noodle soup. However the spoon and fork are not used in the conventional western manner.The spoon is used for putting food in the mouth while the fork is used for cutting and shoveling. We found that the cutlery was served at the table in a half glass of freshly boiled water — to sterilize them I suppose.
