Morning Food Tour, Market Walking and Street Art in Siem Reap

A half-day trip from Siem Reap that visits Krong Siem Reap, Wat Damnak, Phsa Kraom Market and Local café. There are 7 stops altogether, so it fills the day rather than leaving long gaps between two or three highlights. The price covers Hotel pickup and drop-off, Tour transportation by Tuk Tuk and English speaking tour guide. It does not cover personal expense, so budget for those separately. Everything included is listed in full on this page; if something is not on that list, assume it is not in the price. Khmer food is milder than Thai and sourer than Vietnamese, built on prahok fermented fish paste and on kroeung, a lemongrass, galangal, turmeric and kaffir-lime paste pounded fresh. The dish everyone is taught is fish amok, a coconut curry steamed in a banana-leaf cup until it sets like a custard; lok lak, pepper-seared beef with a lime-and-pepper dipping sauce, is the other. Kampot pepper, which has a protected origin, turns up in both. Classes usually start in a market, where the guide walks you through the fermented fish, the palm sugar and the river fish before anything is cooked. The price steps with party size rather than multiplying: 1 traveller is $59, 5 is $254 and 8 is $406. You are quoted the total for your party, not a per-head rate. Siem Reaper Travel runs it. We book with them directly, so the guide who meets you works for the operator rather than for a reseller.