Khmer food and sustainable living

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 and sustainable living in Svay Check.

In the heart of the project in Svay Check is the method of permaculture. This means not only a sustainable but also self-suffiencent way of farming and living. The couple bought land what a former rice fields but then abandoned and turned it into an oasis of living conscious and aware of the environment.

What they get from farming is what they cook. That also means that it is impossible to say, what vegetables they will exactly use – or what kind of flowers. We usually ask our hosts to prepare three dishes, but in the case of the organic farm you may can expect some variations. But you can be sure that as much as possible comes from the farm.

Khmer food with organic flowers

One example and not so often seen in Khmer food are fried flowers in tempura. The pick a beautiful arrangement of flowers from the garden, like yello pumpkin flowers, purple butterfly pea and many others. They will then dipped in tempura-water-solution and quickly fried. And don’t worry, the flowers are eatable.

Many flowers can be fried with tempura, its comon in Khmer food and available with Dine With The Locals.

Another example of Khmer food got its Inspiration from neighboring countries is Ban Cheo. In Vietnam people call it Ban Xeo, and its a thin pancake filled with herbs, dried shrimps and pork. You can find it at many markets and street stalls, but usually not at homes. The reason is that you have to make quite an amount of batter, but that is usually too much for a whole family. At Dine With The Locals you have a chance to try this common Khmer food with organic vegetables.

Served will be Khmer food from sustainable farming

One of the reasons why we started Dine With The Locals was to support sustainable living and the locals food. Darin and Olivier are the perfect example that it is possible to live sustainable. If you want to try it, you can book a visit at the farm and a delicious meal at Dine With The Locals.