Brazilian Cuisine is a restaurant in Phnom Penh run by Tida En and his family. By day, Tida is an IT professional who runs his own IT business, runs IT for an anti-trafficking NGO, and runs IT for an international Christian school. But, since that’s not enough running, several evenings a week Tida also runs…
Category: Daily life in Cambodia
សាឡាក់ | Snake Fruit
Snake Fruit, or Salak, is a species of palm tree native to the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It’s a seasonal fruit that can be found at local markets here in Cambodia but isn’t as common as other seasonal fruits like Mangosteen, Rambutan, or Longan. The outer skin of the fruit is where…
Update from Charlotte
Hello everyone. I’ve been living in Cambodia for a long time now. Three of my favorite things about living in Cambodia are… 1.the food 2.the trees 3. the Apsara dancing and outfits. I really like to go to Kep because that is where the beach is!!!!! The hardest part of living in Cambodia is COVID!!!!…
No more Cambodian stamps, for now.
When I was a child I remember the excitement of receiving postcards and letters from my Uncle Daniel who lived in Europe with foreign and exotic stamps. These simple little reminders that the world was vast broadened my world view and, besides that, they were really interesting. I never got into stamp collecting like my…
Charlotte Fruit Shopping
Charlotte’s newest household responsibility is to do the fruit shopping while I get the vegetables and meat at our local grocery shop. She loves guava.
July Staycation
We had been hoping to take a vacation over schoolbreak (especially since school has been online and these girls are antsy to get out of the house). I wanted to go back to Angkor Wat while we could visit without hordes of tourists and the rest of the family wanted to go to the beach….
COVID-19: July 2021 Update
Like Thailand and Vietnam, Cambodia was fortunate during the first year of the pandemic but is now facing the kind of spread that was seen in most other countries. The daily cases have become stuck around 800 -1000 since July 1st, which may not sound like much, but considering we were having around 30 –…
Catherine wins Catan
Catherine is starting to legitimately win when playing board games. And she loves it. (So do I.) The first game that she surprised us by winning without any outside aid or anyone holding back was Ticket to Ride First Journey. But she’s now graduated to winning Settlers of Catan. On a sidenote: we’ve been thinking…
ស្រការនាគ | Dragon Fruit
Dragon Fruit, or Pitahaya, is a tropical fruit indigenous to the Americas that is grown widely in Southeast Asia. It gets it’s draconic moniker from it’s colorful exterior, the mildly sweet fruit has a gentle flavor that’s somewhere between a kiwi and pear. It’s nice and refreshing when served chilled after lunch or dinner. Dragon…
COVID-19: Second Dose
I’d been holding out for our vaccination cards but as they’ve been delayed I thought I’d go ahead and share the good news. The day before Catherine’s 4th birthday we went for our second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a local primary school. It was a much faster process than the first dose, which involved…