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Meet Vorleak, our newest member of the Dine With The Locals family. Vorleak is a housewife who stays in a beautiful Khmer house in front of Chamkar Khnor pagoda in Banteay Meanchey with her family, including the grandma. Her husband is a credit officer. She can speak good English, is very good in co ...

Fancy Khmer sweets and want to know how to make them? DINE WITH THE LOCALS is organizing it’s first event in Siem Reap on Womans Day 8.3.2019with a dessert workshop and and a delicious Cambodian meal. Participants will learn how to make Num Chak, the layered and sometimes colorful Khmer dessert, ...

When you are traveling, most of the memorable moments are from interactions with local people. And there are many reasons why a local experience in Cambodia is something you remember. It’s better than what the guide told you for hours when visiting Angkor Wat or the Phnom Kulen . We understand a ...

As a traveler you have may know the struggle between visiting the main attractions in the country and having a local experience in Cambodia at the same time. Furthermore, even the local places are becoming tourist destinations quickly. And too often you also have to travel for a long time to meet ...

We will be joining the Digital Cambodia 2019 event in Phnom Penh from 15.3.-17.3. It is called the biggest digital event in Cambodia this year and will take place at Diamond Island Exhibition Hall. Digital Cambodia conference 2019 You can find us in the Start-Up section. More than 100 co ...

When it comes to authentic food, nearly every restaurant and street stall will claim that they are offering homemade Khmer food in Cambodia. But eben if they do their best, it’s in most cases not even close to the Cambodian food you get in the homes of the locals. Reason 1: We have enough time ...

Part of our mission is to provide additional income for women and families in Cambodia by connecting them with travelers through food experiences. While this income is important, the safety and wellbeing of our hosts is even more important. We set up strict rules to ensure our hosts are safe. Train ...

When we started Dine With The Locals, one reason was to make access to many choices of food experience in Cambodia as easy as possible. For now, travelers have to check several websites from different tour operators. Every has his own food tour, works with a certain home or family and also many have ...

While Battambang is the second biggest city in Cambodia, travelers still haven’t discovered it’s full potential. For a long time it was a industrial town, but the downtown area has kept it’s charme. There are many thing to do in Battambang, and some are of course related to food. Most travele ...

Not too far from Banteay Meanchay in Cambodia is a very special farm. Olivier and Darin, a french guy and his Khmer wife, build an organic farm where the serve Khmer food for Dine With The Locals, but more important trying to be as sustainable as possible. Darin and Olivier promote Khmer food a ...

Travelers in Cambodia will get tons of advise of where to eat in Siem Reap or other cities, from fine dining to street food stalls. And yes, the Cambodian cuisine is underrated, Khmer food has way more variety then just Beef Lok Lak and Fish Amok. So, where to eat in Siem Reap and other famous touri ...

In their blog Entrepid Travel ( mentioned the top trends in Travel for 2018. One of those trends was “ADVENTURE TRAVEL WILL CATER TO EXPERIENCES. “ It looks like people are done with taking pictures from a cliff or making it to the base camp. A study made by the ATTA found out that “Ris ...