Miss Clarke's Adventures

On Wednesday evening, myself and another volunteer went out for dinner with the Cambodian staff who work at CCOLT.  We went to a lovely restaurant which is very popular with local people.  We were treated to a delicious traditional meal which was quite different to other meals I have eaten while I’ve been living in Phnom Penh.

At the start of the meal we were presented with a large basket of raw vegetables such as carrots, cabbage, green peppers, courgettes and cucumbers.  We were then given tiny ceramic dishes in which we were told to blend fresh chilies, lemon grass, chopped nuts and fish sauce to create a paste.  The idea was to dip the raw vegetables into this flavoursome paste.

While we were eating the vegetables, the waitresses kept bringing us tender pieces of steak to share which had been cooked on the barbecue next to our table.  After eating quite a lot of steak we were then brought a whole fish to share.  To accompany the fish, we were given yet more tasty sauces in tiny ceramic dishes.  Although I have eaten a great number of Khmer curries since living here I hadn’t eaten anything like this before so it was a real treat to eat a traditional Cambodian meal with our friends from CCOLT.  Both Danny and I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening.

This afternoon Danny and I are taking the thirty children who live at CCOLT to a water park!  As it is currently around 33 degrees here, swimming will be a fun way to keep cool! After my afternoon of fun, I’m taking a night bus to Siem Reap where I’ll spend the weekend exploring the famous temples of Angkor Wat.  I’ll let you know all about my visit next week.

Have a great weekend!

Love from,

Miss Clarke x