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I borrowed the tagged cookbook from the library and will probably cook from it at some point, but one of my favourite restaurants is Cambodian, so we had to have lunch there this month. We had, as always, the salad, so fresh and tasty. Apparently, it's traditional for New Year celebrations mid-April. ⬇
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Good advice

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“Rhombuses of gold along the street announced beer gardens, around which motodops congregated like geckos.”

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“Rainbow soap bubbles made an orrery around the children as they lathered themselves into creatures of white foam, then sloshed and rinsed till they were glistening brown seals.”

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“A little farther: the fraying edge of a royal blue sampot.”

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Sophat is a novella written by renowned Cambodian writer Kin Rim. It tells the story of Sophat, the natural son of a civil servant & an impoverished countryside girl, who died of sadness after her abandonment. It is full of noble feelings & improbable coincidences (we can't say we haven't been warned: it's all in the book's subtitle). It reads like a pre-19th-c. play 😁
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“He was mesmerized by the geometric patterns of those tiles—an infinity of tessellated shapes and stipples.”

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“Fearless felt a sense of pride observing Alyosha working his way through the well-wishers. Avuncular yet stern, understanding what each of them needed: an arm around the shoulder, a clip on the ear, a glance, a wink, a back-slapping embrace.”

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Translating again:

“You mean you‘re in love too?” “Well. Maybe.”

Alyosha placed his hand over Fearless‘s and squeezed. “Lyubov zla, polyubish i kozla, as we are saying.”

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Well this would be a challenge for true vegetarians. Most recipes center around pork/fish/chicken and even the recipes featuring tofu seem to use two kinds of fish (sauce and paste).

I'm not a good enough cook to make multiple substitutions work but I do eat fish, so I should be able to find one or two dishes that are manageable.

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