After we checked in last night, we drifted round the corner to a café recommended by Lonely Planet, El Mundo. Not exactly traditional food, but they have a very cosy upstairs lounge where we could stretch out on huge couches while nibbling onion rings (not very good) and spring rolls (fresh and fried, both great). While there, we picked up a dining guide to Phnom Penh, which had a whole page devoted to local bakeries. Having been living on Thai food, we thought a breakfast of pastry sounded grand.
After a night’s sleep (or not, depending on which one of us you ask), we got up and walked down to the closest one of the bakeries. The boys both had “black chocolate” donuts, Richard had a croissant, and I had a flaky pork pastry. For a grand total of $2. So we then moved onto the next bakery, and tried a triangle of layer cake (not so great), a pineapple turnover (a little on the heavy side), a challah like bread with little bits of nuts and raisins (nice), and a half moon shaped puff pastry filled with whipped cream and strawberry jam (I’m told it’s good, but wasn’t given a taste). Another $2.
The only problem was these are all Cambodian bakeries, which sell pastries but don’t
have chairs or tables, and by this point, Richard was falling over from being forced to walk before breakfast. So we retreated to Sentiment Coffee (“Be Trendy” the windows proclaimed). There, for another $7, we indulged in coffees and a sit down in the air conditioning.
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