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Recently opened home style traditional Khmer food restaurant. Locally run by a lovely local Khmer lady Sorya and her family. Sorya grew up in Kampot and left to work in Phnom Penh in popular restaurants like Comme Le a Maison. This is her first business and is very happy to bring her food and hospitality experience back to her family and hometown. The menu has the regular selection of foods you're used to seeing around Asia, like Tom Yum, fried rice, soups and the like. For the more adventurous, they also offer more of the homemade local dishes you would only usually find in the markets or at local friends houses. Sorya was very helpful when I explained I was vegan, by using the local term "khnom num bous", which roughly translates to "I eat vegetables". She then asked if I eat fish, shrimp or oyster as she has experience with Vegan customers. She was very happy to point all of the dishes she can prepare without any animal products. What a treat! What really sets this place on the map is their use of local herbs and spices. I was sitting next to a Moringa tree which Sorta's Mum pointed out was in my soup. Most of the plants growing out the front are used in their cooking. Pictures are of the vegan option of the dish I ordered #53. Khmer Samlor Kakor. It is a yellow subtle curry like soup which includes eggplant, longbean, pumpkin, papaya, moringa and other local spices and comes with steamed jasmine rice for $2.50. This dish can also be ordered with a variety of meats also. I'll be back there again very soon and will add more reviews/pics of their vegan dishes as I try them.