Asia's FORGOTTEN STREET FOOD | Amazing Cambodian street food in Battambang, CAMBODIA | KHMER food

pork shoulder

🥗Healthier: chicken thigh

💰Cheaper: pork belly

Chicken thigh is leaner and more affordable.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: Worcestershire sauce

Soy sauce is easier to find.

pickled vegetables

🥗Healthier: fresh vegetables

💰Cheaper: none

Fresh vegetables add crunch without extra cost.

Visit a street stall in Battambang, Cambodia to try a traditional breakfast dish called bai sach chrouk.

Observe the setup where food is passed over a fence from vendors inside a school to diners outside.

Order grilled sticky pork served with rice, a fried egg, cucumber, and pickled mustard greens.

Customize the dish with various sauces available on the table, including dried chilli, fresh pounded chilli, chilli sauce, fish sauce chilli mixture, and garlic sauce.

Taste the pork, noting its thin slices, sticky texture, and the marinade used during grilling.

Enjoy the fried egg, highlighting the gooey yolk.

Combine the pork with pickled mustard greens for a tangy contrast.

Add garlic and fish sauce mixture for extra flavor, along with fresh pounded chilli for spice.

Visit a local market to explore various street foods and produce.

Find a stall selling num chak chol, a coconut rice flour pancake.

Watch the vendor prepare the pancake by pouring a cup of runny batter into hot oil in a wok, allowing it to bubble and crisp up for a couple of minutes before removing it.

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