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A French Dinner was also included in our working trip to Siem Reap. It was prepared by "Le Bistrot de Siem Reap" quite a reputable restaurant at the Resort we were staying, Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa. It was supposedly quoted "the best French restaurant in town" by Condé Nast Traveller Magazine... i suppose the best in Siem Reap, heh!

I've never really eaten any french food per se except for one time when Justine Wong who was still training as a chef, volunterred to cook for us! Heh! It was nice... so this is my 2nd try on french cuisine.

Our 5-course dinner began with Starters, we had a choice of either;

Snails in Garlic & Parsley Butter - my first time eating this fellas... snails... i guess its not your garden variety kind, keh! it was very "lala" like in texture...


or Shrimp Ceviche with Green Lemon Juice & Herbs - err... this is not my kind of thing, Julie enjoyed this more... sourish cold prawns... eck!


Then we had Soup, Vichyoise - Served Chilled... tasted like very fine mashed potato soup, when you get over the chilled state, its really unique.


They then served us a cup of Champagne Granite to wash your palatte before enjoying your main course!


For the main course, We had either Traditional Lamb Stew - oooohhh! This was superb! Very tender Lamb pieces in a delightful mix of vegetables - very very nice.


or, Beef Fillet with Sauteed Foie Gras - Also nicely done, with melt in your mouth goose liver...


Dessert was Lemon Pie with Glazed Chocolate... hmm...not great... looks nice


Ending with coffee or tea, there were also free flow of drinks the whole night through... so i must say my first formal introduction to french food was a special one, incidently it cost each person USD50 for the set that night!