{"id":4295,"date":"2022-08-12T02:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=4295"},"modified":"2022-08-12T02:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T10:05:42","slug":"what-laurie-eats-%f0%9f%98%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=4295","title":{"rendered":"What Laurie eats \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I blogged a little bit in my first week here about what I was eating back then. I think I mentioned that I ate at the restaurant at the hotel a few days and that I went and got fried rice with beef a couple times at a restaurant down the block. When I got into the apartment, I did buy a few groceries for home since I have a microwave and a fridge. There is a cooktop but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any pots and there is a rice cooker but I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t made any rice because what good is just rice to me ?? In the kitchen, there is literally 3 plates, 3 bowls, 3 forks, 3 spoons and 4 glasses. so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcnothing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in the kitchen, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not enough to actually cook anything with.<\/p>\n

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On my first day here I went off in search of a knife so that I could make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Now, based on my search, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think knives are really a thing here in the way that I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m used to a fork knife and spoon always coming together. I found a couple stores that have lots of forks and spoons but no knives to be found. At the Chipmong market where I bought some supplies on Sunday, I think I blogged about that experience \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00ac, I bought what I would call a paring knife, so if I need to cut fruit or make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich I could use that. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a little aggressive for that purpose but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all I can find.<\/p>\n

Since I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t really have a way to make lunches it was my intention to buy the school lunch. But as soon as I told Makara that I was going to do that, she said oh no no no, you need to come see a good place to get lunch. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 6,000 reil, which is A little under $1.50 USD. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m skeptical, but of course i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go check it out. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a super small place literally right outside the back gate of the school. It simply doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get any closer! There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s two food carts at the front then another smaller cooking area. As I look around and then tell Makara what I might eat , Makara then tells the lady at one of the carts some thing and then the next thing you know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got food to-go and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve only paid $1.50. It was absolutely delicious! I think the meat is pork there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rice cucumber and tomato and a little bag of some kind of sweet pickled ginger slaw. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the only way I know how to describe it.<\/p>\n

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I already know what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting for lunch tomorrow and probably every day this week. By Thursday when I walked up, they just started making it for me, no gesturing required \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a\u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a<\/p>\n

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One of the other teachers told me they have a menu that I can choose other things from. At this point however I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very happy with this meal so I just get the same thing every day, until today. I go over there right at 11am when my kids go to lunch and\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 The cart I usually order from is missing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 fortunately I see a couple teachers from the school including Makara,\u00c2\u00a0sitting at a table eating. I asked them what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m supposed to do, and they say because today is a Chinese holiday, sometimes some places might be closed if those people celebrate those holidays. So if I want some thing from there I have to either order a sandwich from the other cart or order off the menu. \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u00b3\u00c2\u00a0 One of the teachers has a sandwich and she is showing me what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in it, and it looks like the palest of mystery meat. So while I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve no issue with HER eating it, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m ready for that yet. So, I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m gonna go with something off the menu. PHEW! The menu is in English and Khmer. So I order some thing called fried rice with chicken and basil. I think it might\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said something else too but that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the essence of the dish. Once again they do not disappoint.<\/p>\n

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It was 8,000 riel, (which is just a little under two dollars) and there was enough food there for lunch and supper. I just warmed up the half that I brought home!!<\/p>\n

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Truly amazing! Anyways, I write this so that you know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not starving. A couple nights this week I have made eggs in the microwave and turned that into a delicious egg sandwich, since I got a loaf of bread back when I was in the hotel. I purchased peanut butter when I needed to bribe Nichol to take his meds And I picked up a jar of jelly at the store last weekend. So I have made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I also picked up some fruit and yogurt, Oreo cookies and some sour cream and onion chips. So I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m doing OK in that department. I did notice when I was at Landon\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs back when I first got here, he had a large block of cheddar cheese in his fridge. I have now asked him where he got that and he said over at the Makro. That is a large store similar to Costco (but maybe not quite as big) that is about a 30 minute Tuktuk ride. I will make that trip this weekend to pick up a few more supplies. The estimate on a grab to get there is 10,400 ($2.75) so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a more serious trek \u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a\u00f0\u0178\u02dc\u201a as it will cost me that to get back too!!<\/p>\n

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I see lots of rice in my future! Please however my plan to go over to Brooklyn Pizza this weekend! So stay tuned for pictures of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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