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Dag-Rune ZSmoking good Khmer BBQ street food
When you want to buy street food in Asia, you will not lack choices.
Like chicken, quail, sausage, pork, pineapple from this happy chef.
Trick is to follow a local chef and her fav street food joint. Or – the joint with the longest queue.
And your nose, of course.
You can feed yourself well and have left overs for lunch the next day for 5 USD. Or take away for when to visit Khmer friends for drinks and talks, a meal for a large group or family is around 10 USD.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/smoking-good-street-food-when-you-want-to-buy/
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When you want to buy street food in Asia, you will not lack choices.
Like chicken, quail, sausage, pork, pineapple from this happy chef.
Trick is to follow a local chef and her fav street food joint. Or – the joint with the longest queue.
And your nose, of course.
You can feed yourself well and have left overs for lunch the next day for 5 USD. Or take away for when to visit Khmer friends for drinks and talks, a meal for a large group or family is around 10 USD.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/28/smoking-good-street-food-when-you-want-to-buy/
#2018CE #ancient #Angkor #angkorfood #chive #art #BBQ #Buddhism #Cambodia #life #countryside #day #trip #eating #Empire #foodie #greentourism #history #imperial #Kampuchea #Khmer #ladyfingers #squid #shrimps #crayfish #shellfish #localfood #Nikkor #Nikon #Pagoda #prawn #seafood #SiemReab #siemreap #southeastasia #stuengthmeyvillage #SvayDangkum #Commune #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage #food #foodie
An evening with comfort Khmer seafood BBQ
Who says things need to be complicated when produce has high quality?
Tiger shrimps, squids and veggies on the BBQ, freshly steamed local rice and one of M’me Khmer chefs own, home made dipping sauces.
And a beer.
That is great eating and comfort food and drinks. A great Saturday in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
For seafood lovers
Cambodia is a great country for seafood lovers. Or, I think the technical term is aquatic based protein.
In a typical, classical Khmer diet around 60 percent of the protein are shellfish and crayfish from river, lake or sea. All important part of Cambodias geography. Ad some fresh vegetables, and home made dipping sauces mixing salt, sweet, spicy, and umami flavours.
And flavourful steamed Khmer rice.
The Forbes Magazine recently advised people loving good food and unique experiences to travel to Cambodia. For the special cuisine with great flavours and no long queues.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickysmith/2026/01/16/visit-this-underrated-country-for-great-southeast-asian-food-without-the-crowds/
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Who says things need to be complicated when produce has high quality?
Tiger shrimps, squids and veggies on the BBQ, freshly steamed local rice and one of M’me Khmer chefs own, home made dipping sauces.
And a beer.
That is great eating and comfort food and drinks. A great Saturday in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
For seafood lovers
Cambodia is a great country for seafood lovers. Or, I think the technical term is aquatic based protein.
In a typical, classical Khmer diet around 60 percent of the protein are shellfish and crayfish from river, lake or sea. All important part of Cambodias geography. Ad some fresh vegetables, and home made dipping sauces mixing salt, sweet, spicy, and umami flavours.
And flavourful steamed Khmer rice.
The Forbes Magazine recently advised people loving good food and unique experiences to travel to Cambodia. For the special cuisine with great flavours and no long queues.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vickysmith/2026/01/16/visit-this-underrated-country-for-great-southeast-asian-food-without-the-crowds/
#2018CE #ancient #Angkor #angkorfood #chive #art #BBQ #Buddhism #Cambodia #life #countryside #day #trip #eating #Empire #foodie #greentourism #history #imperial #Kampuchea #Khmer #ladyfingers #squid #shrimps #crayfish #shellfish #localfood #Nikkor #Nikon #Pagoda #prawn #seafood #SiemReab #siemreap #southeastasia #stuengthmeyvillage #SvayDangkum #Commune #visitcambodia #visitsiemreap #worldculturalheritage #food #foodie
The colourful lives of monks
The living quarters for the monks at Wat Thmey monastery are not spacious, but definitely well cared for and maintained. And the details sure is a colourful statement.
This monastery is connected to Thammissararam Pagoda, ត្តធម្មិស្សរារាម, in the Roluos village in Siem Reap Province.
I have visited this monastery several times, as part of attending Cheng Meng-rituals and Pchum Benh with Khmer friends. That includes attending to cleaning, maintaining and decorate their family graves and tombs. And the honour of attending the prayer ceremony in memory and support of the family history and spirits.
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The living quarters for the monks at Wat Thmey monastery are not spacious, but definitely well cared for and maintained. And the details sure is a colourful statement.
This monastery is connected to Thammissararam Pagoda, ត្តធម្មិស្សរារាម, in the Roluos village in Siem Reap Province.
I have visited this monastery several times, as part of attending Cheng Meng-rituals and Pchum Benh with Khmer friends. That includes attending to cleaning, maintaining and decorate their family graves and tombs. And the honour of attending the prayer ceremony in memory and support of the family history and spirits.
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Modern colourful Lolei pagoda
The original, classic Khmer temple Prasat Lolei was placed on an island in an artificial water basin. It was the royal family temple in Hariharalaya. That was the last capital outside what we now recognise as the core Angkor Archaeological Park area around Angkor Thom north of Siem Reap.
The water is gone, but the four old temple towers are still there. Around the old temple grounds, a modern Buddhist monastery was built and still operating.
A modern Wat and Temple
The monks here were quite interested in talking to visitors, seeking information and some of them loved to practice their English. And some German too, come to that.
This photo is from inside the modern Buddhist temple, which is among the heaviest colourful temples I have seen in the Siem Reap area. But it is also very open to the sun light, making it a place of worship filled with light and colours.
I like religious buildings with this sort of character.
Under a hundred meter away, the 1100 years older holy towers connect the old and new continuous cultural history and heritage of Cambodia.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/prasat-lolei/
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The original, classic Khmer temple Prasat Lolei was placed on an island in an artificial water basin. It was the royal family temple in Hariharalaya. That was the last capital outside what we now recognise as the core Angkor Archaeological Park area around Angkor Thom north of Siem Reap.
The water is gone, but the four old temple towers are still there. Around the old temple grounds, a modern Buddhist monastery was built and still operating.
A modern Wat and Temple
The monks here were quite interested in talking to visitors, seeking information and some of them loved to practice their English. And some German too, come to that.
This photo is from inside the modern Buddhist temple, which is among the heaviest colourful temples I have seen in the Siem Reap area. But it is also very open to the sun light, making it a place of worship filled with light and colours.
I like religious buildings with this sort of character.
Under a hundred meter away, the 1100 years older holy towers connect the old and new continuous cultural history and heritage of Cambodia.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2024/10/10/prasat-lolei/
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Sunrise greeting at the first grand temple of the Khmer Empire
Mornings are the most pleasant time to visit Bakong Temple. The large stone temple gets very hot later in the day.
Bakong was the first mountain type of temple architecture design in the Khmer imperial era. It served as a state temple for king Indravarman I, in the first dedicated Khmer imperial capital at Hariharalaya.
Today this is the Roluos Group of temples east of Siem Reap City, Cambodia. Other well-known temples here is Preah Koh and Lolei.
Large Hindu influence
The temple was dedicated to Shiva, and its main consecrated image was a lingam called Sri Indresvara. This step pyramid mountain temple draws inspiration from other large Hindu temples in the region built around the same time. Most notably the fantastic Borobudur temple in Java, outside Yogyakarta.
Bakong temple was the last large construction in Hariharalaya. Indravarman’s son and heir Yasovarman I moved the capital to Phnom Bakheng in the early 900s. Bakheng Hill is just south of what we today call Angkor Thom, the big (capital) city.
For those interested in comparative historical timeline, this temple was finished as a state temple in 881CE. In Norway, the first unification of the kingdom under one superior king established the first larger Nordic kingdom.
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Mornings are the most pleasant time to visit Bakong Temple. The large stone temple gets very hot later in the day.
Bakong was the first mountain type of temple architecture design in the Khmer imperial era. It served as a state temple for king Indravarman I, in the first dedicated Khmer imperial capital at Hariharalaya.
Today this is the Roluos Group of temples east of Siem Reap City, Cambodia. Other well-known temples here is Preah Koh and Lolei.
Large Hindu influence
The temple was dedicated to Shiva, and its main consecrated image was a lingam called Sri Indresvara. This step pyramid mountain temple draws inspiration from other large Hindu temples in the region built around the same time. Most notably the fantastic Borobudur temple in Java, outside Yogyakarta.
Bakong temple was the last large construction in Hariharalaya. Indravarman’s son and heir Yasovarman I moved the capital to Phnom Bakheng in the early 900s. Bakheng Hill is just south of what we today call Angkor Thom, the big (capital) city.
For those interested in comparative historical timeline, this temple was finished as a state temple in 881CE. In Norway, the first unification of the kingdom under one superior king established the first larger Nordic kingdom.
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The reclining lord Buddha
The temple complex Preah Ang Thom is worth a trip to Phnom Kulen/Kulen Mountains in itself. But a large experience within Ang Thom is the 8 meter long statue of a reclining Buddha.
It is the largest in Cambodia and among the 20 largest reclining Buddha-status in Asia. It rests on top of a sandstone formation, and the statue is carved out as part of that sandstone.
Meaning someone saw the Lord Buddha in the stone and carved until he was set free. The classics motivation in art works in any human civilisation.
A holy area
The surrounding Preah Ang Thom temple was built after the Buddha was carved. Getting to this site is easy by car from Siem Reap, and the area carries a lot of other excursion worthy sites.
This includes walking trails for the day trip trekker, a river with a thousand lingam carvings and holy waterfall. The conglomerate of holy sites on the Kulen Mountain was proposed as an official World Cultural Heritage site by Cambodia just when the pandemic started.
An approval of this request seems like a proper next step. This is the national mountains and cradle of Khmer imperial culture after all. Here the first god king of the Khmer Angkor Empire declared the establishment of the Empire in 802 CE, establishing an empire lasting for the next 630 years.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/somewhere-to-run-to-someone-is-eager-to-visit/
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The temple complex Preah Ang Thom is worth a trip to Phnom Kulen/Kulen Mountains in itself. But a large experience within Ang Thom is the 8 meter long statue of a reclining Buddha.
It is the largest in Cambodia and among the 20 largest reclining Buddha-status in Asia. It rests on top of a sandstone formation, and the statue is carved out as part of that sandstone.
Meaning someone saw the Lord Buddha in the stone and carved until he was set free. The classics motivation in art works in any human civilisation.
A holy area
The surrounding Preah Ang Thom temple was built after the Buddha was carved. Getting to this site is easy by car from Siem Reap, and the area carries a lot of other excursion worthy sites.
This includes walking trails for the day trip trekker, a river with a thousand lingam carvings and holy waterfall. The conglomerate of holy sites on the Kulen Mountain was proposed as an official World Cultural Heritage site by Cambodia just when the pandemic started.
An approval of this request seems like a proper next step. This is the national mountains and cradle of Khmer imperial culture after all. Here the first god king of the Khmer Angkor Empire declared the establishment of the Empire in 802 CE, establishing an empire lasting for the next 630 years.
https://drzinasia.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/somewhere-to-run-to-someone-is-eager-to-visit/
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AskDRZ in AsiaThe Compassionate symbolism of the Cat Temple
Prasat Banteay Chhmar original meaning mini citadel temple. In modern Khmer its name can be translated Temple of cats.
A figure frequent in carvings and bas-reliefs here is the Lokeshvara, the compassionate Bodhisattva.
Lokeshvara was given eleven heads to better hear the suffering of humans, and a thousand arms so he could reach out and help all.
The worship of Lokeshvara reached peak during Jayavarman VII.
The mini citadel temple in Banteay Meanchey
The temple complex of Prasat Banteay Chhmar is one of the largest from the Khmer Empire outside Angkor Thom.
Photo shows a cleared covered walkway from the west entrance.
Banteay Chhmar can be translated to “Mini/small fortress”. This temple is along the old Imperial Angkor Khmer Highway.
Prasat Banteay Chhmar is 3 hr drive out of Siem Reap. Suitable for a daytrip, and lodgings nearby.
The Compassionate symbolism of the Cat Temple
The name Prasat Banteay Chhmar original meaning was mini citadel temple. In modern Khmer its name can be translated Temple of cats, as Chhmar means cat.
A figure frequent in carvings and bas-reliefs here is the Lokeshvara, the compassionate Bodhisattva. In Mahayana Buddhism Lokeshvara is the ideal of compassion, as he elected not to reach perfect enlightenment as Buddha. Instead, he decided to help others struggling or suffering on their way to Buddhahood.
Lokeshvara was given eleven heads to better hear the suffering of humans, and a thousand arms so he could reach out and help all of them. He is often depicted with a lotus in one of his left hands.
The great god king Jayavarman VII was Mahayana Buddhist emperor, and the worship of Lokeshvara reached a peak during his reign. Several of the buildings built during his reign uses the Lokeshvara frequently.
Prasat Banteay Chhmar is one of the largest temples built in JVIIs time off the main imperial capital city Angkor Thom. It is famous for having many of the most exquisite versions of Lokeshvara depictions. This Lokeshvara in the photo is one of four depictions on the west side.
This temple is situated far west in today’s Cambodia, along the Angkor Khmer Highway, the main road connecting the main cities in the Khmer Angkor Empire.
Prasat Banteay Chhmar is 3 hours’ drive out of Siem Reap. Suitable for a daytrip, but there are lodgings nearby. Sisophon town is 63 km away. This temple is approximately 20 km east of the Thai border.
https://lucasvarro.com/blogs/angkorpedia/lokeshvara
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The name Prasat Banteay Chhmar original meaning was mini citadel temple. In modern Khmer its name can be translated Temple of cats, as Chhmar means cat.
A figure frequent in carvings and bas-reliefs here is the Lokeshvara, the compassionate Bodhisattva. In Mahayana Buddhism Lokeshvara is the ideal of compassion, as he elected not to reach perfect enlightenment as Buddha. Instead, he decided to help others struggling or suffering on their way to Buddhahood.
Lokeshvara was given eleven heads to better hear the suffering of humans, and a thousand arms so he could reach out and help all of them. He is often depicted with a lotus in one of his left hands.
The great god king Jayavarman VII was Mahayana Buddhist emperor, and the worship of Lokeshvara reached a peak during his reign. Several of the buildings built during his reign uses the Lokeshvara frequently.
Prasat Banteay Chhmar is one of the largest temples built in JVIIs time off the main imperial capital city Angkor Thom. It is famous for having many of the most exquisite versions of Lokeshvara depictions. This Lokeshvara in the photo is one of four depictions on the west side.
This temple is situated far west in today’s Cambodia, along the Angkor Khmer Highway, the main road connecting the main cities in the Khmer Angkor Empire.
Prasat Banteay Chhmar is 3 hours’ drive out of Siem Reap. Suitable for a daytrip, but there are lodgings nearby. Sisophon town is 63 km away. This temple is approximately 20 km east of the Thai border.
https://lucasvarro.com/blogs/angkorpedia/lokeshvara
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