Notice the eggs to this seller's right? These are newly hatched Khmer delicacies (post-Khmer Rouge) sold only on the streets by a man pushing a barbecue cart, blasting a recording: "Eggs, they're good for you and yummy too". A small hole is cut into the shell and the egg is sucked out, mixed with lots of spices, stuffed back in, skewered and barbecued. I've seen it done, it actually works. I don't personally like the taste of these things, though I am a big fan of eggs.
This couple has a barbecue stand, along with all the other barbecue stands selling all manner of meat. She is wrapping up my lunch purchase (chicken) in a lotus leaf. The ones roasting nearest is a stuffed frog-- ground pork or beef mixed with onions and serious spices.
This family sells palm fruit at the market at Phnom Oudong. They're the transluscent square or oval shaped pieces of fruit in the glass fruit cocktail jars at Asian markets in the US. Filipinos love these in their fruit salads. I'll get a close-up next time.
More photos in a later post (I will steal my husband's pro shots and post them here hehehe). I'm getting sleepy.
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March 11, 2009
Market scene at Phnom Oudong
July 21, 2005
Images of Cambodia
Culinary delights for the uncompromising palate.
Welcome to Cambodia (overland crossing at Poipet border).
All manner of vendors and sellers descend upon stopped vehicles.
View from the back of a tuk-tuk of some lakeside dwellings in Siem Reap.
Angkor Wat, in the Angkor Archaeological Zone
Bayon, in the Angkor Archaeological Zone
Ta Phrom, in the Angkor Archaeological Zone
Ta Phrom. These massive root systems have been removed from the other Angkor sites, but the French left them during their administration of this particular site.
With frequent and strong rains during the monsoon seasons, houses are typically raised off the ground.
Roadside gas station in the provinces
Gas station in Phnom Penh around the corner from my first apartment
The local barber shop
Psar Toul Tum Pung, or Russian Market. The Russian population in Phnom Penh frequented this market in the 1980s so it was named such.
Independence Monument, the most easily recognized landmark in Phnom Penh.
Elephant Sambo being taken for a walk on the riverside in Phnom Penh. 
The Royal Palace
