HanumanAlaya

Eating

You can have breakfast, lunch and dinner here, with a full menu that offers Khmer food alongside Western staples. Eat in the shade of the restaurant/bar, which overlooks the pool, with the gardens gathered around you and the odd statue of Buddha to keep you calm.

For breakfast take your pick from Khmer noodles, fried rice with chicken and basil, bacon and eggs or croissant and toast. There’s also Earl Grey tea, strong coffee, freshly-sliced fruit and freshly-squeezed juice. Light lunches around the pool are a good way to break the day, so come back from the temples for a green mango salad, fried pork with ginger or a pizza. The evening menu is pretty much the same, with an accent on Khmer dishes: smoked fish soup with coconut milk, fried chicken with cashew nuts, stuffed tomato with minced pork. There’s a short vegetarian menu, too.

Alternatively, head into the old town for streets busy with hungry tourists and find a vast array of places to eat. Most are found on or around Pub Street - anything from Khmer Kitchen (one of the first tourist restaurants to open in town, which serves pretty good local food at rock-bottom prices) to Abacus (an informal French restaurant popular with ex-pats, who come for carré d’agneau with Dauphinoise potatoes and a good bottle of Bordeaux). If you are in town for a few nights, make sure you head to Viroth's on the Wat Bo Road for the best Khmer food in town.