Pursat Restaurants

  1. Community Villa

    Run by a Cambodian NGO that gives job skills to at-risk young people, this place, just off St 2, serves Khmer dishes, including ginger fish; Western meals, including salads; and the best pancakes and tukalok drinks in town. Most Cambodian restaurants have geckos that eat insects; this one has fearless frogs, so watch where you step at night.

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  2. Magic Fish Restaurant

    Affording fine river views from the balcony, this place - just north of the dam - serves tasty Khmer dishes and has the best roasted salt peanuts in town.

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  3. market

    The market, which burned to the ground in April 2007 but is being rebuilt, has both daytime eateries and a night market, as well as the usual fruit and veggie stalls.

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  4. Mlop Doung

    Said by some to serve Pursat's best cuisine, this garden restaurant - decked out in coloured fairy lights - serves Khmer specialities such as dtray bong kachait (fish with vegetables cooked at your table) in open-air thatched pavilions.

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  5. Mlop Pursat

    Serves in a shady garden the best breakfast soup in town.

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