Seaside Delights

Head Lobster!! This is probably the biggest food-risk I've ever taken (in terms of food poisoning risk!) When you are trying to relax on Serendipity Beach in Sihanoukville there are about a million kind people offering goods and/or services. Food, drink, beauty treatments, books, friendship bracelets, and then the beggars who just want money, and aren't offering anything in return.

Well, I was on holiday so I couldn't resist buying a few treats to make my beach visit even more enjoyable. My favourite was the fresh lobster that several ladies were carrying around in baskets on their heads... (in the 20 degree heat...) but it must have been FRESH because not only was it delicious, served with fresh lime, salt and pepper, but none of us got sick from eating it (phew).

I also enjoyed fresh pineapple, and the clever way it was cut to remove all of the spikey bits, and still look fancy. I wish I had a photo but I don't.

This is another beachy treat.. barbequed octopus. Tasty but a little too octopussy shaped for my liking.

And this is a truly delicious meal I enjoyed on one of the islands. It was included in a boat day trip and snorkelling, the trip was super cheap and super fun, and eating freshly bbq'd fish on the beach of an island was pretty much amazing :)

A Goodbye Feast

BIG cola

On my last day in Siem Reap my students organised a farewell party for me. It was awesome. I really appreciated the enthusiasm of the students even though it was pouring with rain and we had to alter the original plan. To eat they brought a plastic shopping bag of cooked rice, several grilled chickens, litres land litres of cola, and the very interesting 'prahok', commonly known as Cambodian fish cheese. It actually has nothing to do with cheese, but everthing to do with fish... it is salted and fermented fish paste. Yup, it tastes as good as it sounds! :P

That's the fish-cheese in the top left corner

The chicken is actually pretty tasty though, I look forward to eating it when I get back to Cambodia. They (very kindly) provided me with a fork and a spoon for eating the rice, but then went on to tell me that I wasn't allowed to use them! I didn't mind though, I like eating with my hands.

Rude Icecream

This is a cookie crunch sundae from NYDC in Siem Reap... Or for those with a dirty mind, boob icecream.

Here is a really terrible dirty icecream joke: (I wanted to find a good icecream joke, but it seems there aren't any )

A penguin is driving thru Nevada. His car breaks down in a small town off the highway. The Penguin stops in at a body shop.

Mechanic " well it's going to take an hour for me to figure out the problem, take a look around the town and come back in about an hour"

Penguin " Ok"

He walks around the town, and notices it is real blistering hot out. Walking along he discovers and ice cream shop. He stops in and orders a large bowl of vanilla ice cream. His flippers are unable to hold the fork, so he just starts shoveling ice cream into his mouth. He makes an enormous mess.

He heads back to the body shop and the mechanic turns to him and says

" looks like you blew a seal"

Penguin " NO it's just ice cream" !

Ha ha ha. Actually no, I'm sorry.