The prices of food in Siem Reap (Cambodia) seem to be raising. Among so many restaurants, pubs and bars surrounding you, you may feel a little confused about where to go and what to eat, let alone the potential of paying too much.
Last week, we went out for a dinner and lunch to the city city centre. We felt like having some Khmer food and a proper dessert. After 1 hour spent on looking for the right place, we finally found it.
Lunch and Dinner
Location: Sivatha Road, somewhere between Old Market Area and Lucky Mall. Not too far, yet far enough for more affordable prices.
Food Price: Lunch for $1,50, dinner for $2.50= $4
Menu: We ordered a plate of fried rice with eggs and vegetables topped with chilli sauce and a touch of Khmer herbs for a lunch (it looked very simple but it was very delicious). For a dinner we had a plate of pork spring rolls, very oily, but yummy too. Spring rolls were served with some cucumbers, lettuce and some tomatoes.
Lunch
#Fried rice with eggs topped with chilli sauce
Dinner
# Pork spring rolls
Dessert
Location: Second floor of Lucky Mall
Price: Cakes for $3.30, drinks: $2.20= $5.50
Menu: We ordered a slice of black forest cake, a slice of vanilla custard roll and a sweet tart. We had one iced latte and one iced hot chocolate, because life should be sweet :)
# Black Forest Cake, price: $1.90 per slice
# A slice of vanilla custard, price $0.90
# Sweet tart, price: $0.50
That’s how we managed to dine out for $10, still in style. Two people happy with food and the bill. Please note it’s not usual for us to spend this much on food in a day, it was Cez’s birthday, hence the cakes.
26 thoughts on “Dinner and Lunch with Desserts for Two in Siem Reap on a Budget ($10)”
Those pork spring rolls look AMAZING!
They tasted amazing too!! Hihihi
Yum! I think it’s amazing how you manage to do all that you do on such a limited budget. I am so impressed! :-)
Hey Sarah,
It’s all about the right attitude. As long as one wants to do something, money should not be a limiting factor.
At the same time there’s no reason not to treat ourselves to a dessert sometimes :)
Thanks,
Cez
Great suggestions, and they look delicious! We’ll be in Siem Riep early 2013, so we’ll keep these in mind.
Hi guys. Thanks! Hope you’ll have a great time in Siem Reap. Keep us posted, we’ll be following your adventures :)
Omg that food looks amazing and cheap to boot awesome :)
That is what the like the most- cheap and yummy :) best combination ever
Restaurant Khamer in the New Market was our go to place in Siem Reap. I think I drank my weight in iced coffee (at a buck a piece). Their menu had a lot to choose from and everything was good. Lunch or dinner was about $4 USD
The places on Pub street and in the alley are very expensive (in Cambodian terms) and not really worth the money. Moving away from there and the night market you can find plenty of great places to eat. The food in the stalls in the dead center of the new market were also very tasty and super cheap.
Hi Laura, thanks for sharing! It’s true, the places on Pub street and in the alley are very expensive, the prices for a lunch start from $4 per person not including the drinks. The further you go, the cheaper meals are. It’s good to try out some local restaurants outside the busy Night Market or Pub Street.
Oh my goodness. All of your posts just make me want to get to SE Asia ASAP! I have a feeling ASAP won’t be for a while, but I am dreaming about this delicious food!
That’s true, South-East Asia offers the best food ever, Thai cuisine is our favourite one :). You must go there!
YUM! Clearly all I would do in SE Asia is eat.
Me too :-)))
Wow, all those dishes look so delicious! This gives me all the more reason to plan traveling to Cambodia very soon! :)
You should. Let us know before you set off, we can tell you a few secrets on budget travels in Cambodia- Vietnam- Thailand :)
All of this food looks so delicious, you can get a lot for ten bucks.
Yeah, that’s true. You can get a lot without paying much.
Those pork spring rolls and black forest cake looks delicious!
They were indeed :)
Haha, so funny you actually spent way more (and ate way more) desserts than actual food for dinner ;D great bargains!
– Maria Alexandra
Yeah, we love desserts :-)
droooooool!
You guys must be teeny tiny – I cannot imagine only eating some spring rolls for dinner, even after my stomach has shrunk so much in the past 3 months! ;) Maybe if I knew I could indulge in cake afterwards, but it would still be tough! :D
Steph! We eat a lot! Cez has lost some weight as the Asian food is super light and healthy for him but I keep putting on weight ;).
If you get out of the old market/downtown area of Siem Reap, you can eat a lot more for $10. The roadside places with plastic chairs for locals serve a bowl of curry and noodles for 2000 riel, which is 50 cents! It filled me up.