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Chan Mony – Great Cooking class in Cambodia
Experience the authentic lifestyle of a Cambodian family . Ms. Chan Mony will not just lead this local culture and cooking class in Cambodia – more specifically in Siem Reap, where Angkor Wat is located. She and her daughter (or her friend) will lead you through traditions and duties of housewifes ...
Ms. Dary: Great vegetarian cooking class and 3 handmade gifts
Ms. Dary is a young mother of two boys, living in Siem Reap with her husband. He is a tour guide, and only a few years before Covid-19 they build their house in the south part of Siem Reap. Dary worked in a hotel before, where she learned about Khmer noodles and has extensive knowledge about Cambo ...
Mr. Sokha: Soup, ribs and a village tour in Battambang
Mr Sokha is a tour guide in Battambang who knows the city well. He and his wife, as well as the children, live together not too far from the city center in a traditional Khmer house, mostly made of wood. The family will invite you to learn how to cook in a local setting: the kitchen is usually out ...
Cooking in the rice fields of Siem Reap with Ms. Sokvy
Ms. Sokvy is a mother of two boys living and a housewife, living at the outskirts of Siem Reap. Her house is located close to the rice fields, she and her neighbors grow vegetables in their garden. Ms. Sokvy is a full time house wife with years of experience in preparing Khmer traditional food. Her ...
The most authentic Khmer food with Ms. Laum
Ms. Laum lives in the heart of Siem Reap and is a single mother. She is 54 years old and has to raise her only son since her husband left her when the boy was young. Since then, she works hard to make a living. She learned cooking by watching the preparations for weddings when she was a child and ha ...
Vannarith: A meal in the Angkor forest
Ms. Vannarith and her family live in a small Khmer house, surrounded by trees in Siem Reap. It is part of the Angkor forest and on the way to the famous temples (NO ANGKOR TICKET NEEDED). The family also has a small chicken farm in the back yard as well as a beautiful garden. While the husband is wo ...
Ms. Thourn: The tailor who loves recycling
Ms. Thoun Voleak is 28 years old, a lady who come from Kampong Kleang village. She works as a tailor at the market. She started to learn sewing clothes when she left her village with the owner of wedding dress shop in Siem Reap province. She likes to recycle things and lives without plastic bag, s ...
Ms. Kanika: Regional food of Cambodias north-east
Kanika grew up in the north-eastern town of Stueng Treng, not far from the border with Laos. She runs a restaurant together with her German husband. While some guests are tourists, she mostly serves locals with her food from the north-east of Cambodia. As our guest you will be able to enter the kitc ...
Naysim: Silk farm and Beef Lok Lak
Naysim and her family own a silk producing and weaving business as well as a fruit farm. You will take a tuk tuk and the ferry to come here from downtown its about 30 minutes, but it's a beautiful scenery on the way. If you want, take your bicycle with you and explore the surroundings. Best time for ...
Ms. Chanlon and a garden full of surprises
Ms Chanlon is a 72 year old mother who was born and raised in Battambang. During the Khmer Rouge period she had to leave the city with her six children and stay at the countryside. When the nightmare was over, she was able to return to the land she inherited from her grandmother. There, she build a ...
Nue Thai: Simple life of a family in Siem Reap
Ms. Nue Thai live east of Siem Reap, her house is at a small canopy road and build in the traditional Khmer wooden house style, but with only one ground floor. If you want to experience the simple, but happy life of Khmer people and learn about homegrown vegetables (watch how she makes the omelette) ...
Cook and explore Hanoi with Thanh
Thanh is a Vietnamese woman living in the heart of Hanoi, not far from the Hoàn Kiếm Lake in a local surrounding. She calls herself a green ambassador dreaming of raising awareness about environmental protection & sustainable tourism. She and her team take you around their neighborhood and to ...
Vietnamese food with a family in the heart of Saigon
Nguyen Duy Tuan was a tour guide for the German companies Studiosus and Hapag Lloyd, so he speaks not only fluent English, but also German. Members of his family also speak french. The live in the heart of Saigon, not far from the Ben Than market. The house is in one of the small side alleys you usu ...
Malineat: Bamboo shoots in Banteay Meanchey
Malineat, who studied IT, and her sister, are happy to welcome and host you with a wonderful private meal at her beautiful house located near the river in Banteay Meanchey, surrounded with a bamboo garden, a small lake, an organic garden and her little chicken farm. ...
Recent Blog Posts
We love to share our stories about food in Cambodia, cooking with locals and our food tour in Cambodia.
How to make Kreung, the best Khmer spice paste in 2022
It is one of the most important ingredients in Cambodian cuisine, used in stir fried dishes as well as soups or when meat is marinated. If you want to know how to make Kreung we can assure you: it’s quite easy and you should get all ingredients in supermarkets, asia markets or even in your garden. ...
The 5 best Khmer restaurants in Siem Reap 2022
While we still think that Dine With The Locals provides you the best experience regarding Khmer food, we understand that going out is also important while visiting Siem Reap. Therefore we checked who is still there after Covid-19 and who are the best 5 Khmer Restaurants in Siem Reap. We did an exten ...
Frogs in Cambodia: Not just great street food
When you live a bit outside downtown, you will hear the sounds of frogs in the evening after the rain. and you will see some men with a headlight and a stick: They are hunting. The lights usually keeps frogs to freeze and the hunters pick them up and put them in a bucket. Frogs in Cambodia are a d ...
5 best ways to get around in Siem Reap
Arriving in Siem Reap is breathtaking: Coming by plane you will see the vast area of the Tonle Sap lake and may get a glimpse of Angkor Wat. Traveling by bus, you will enjoy the countryside. But then comes the challenge how to get around in Siem Reap. The good news is: You have a lot of choices.UPDA ...
Read what our guests say
We want to create unforgettable memories and delicious food experiences. Over 100 guests visited our families already. Read what some of them have to say!
- Orfelia405232
We visited wonderful family. Very interesting experience. We cooked together and eat! Also they have small crocodile farm. Fresh and good products. Home meal. I highly recommend to have this... read more
02/15/2020sebseb1993 If you want to cook a typical Khmer meal in a typical khmer family, it's the best place to go. Ms Laum and Mealea were so nice!! Ms Laum lives... read more
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Unique Experiences
We are not just about food adventures, but promote Khmer culture. Learn about Khmer cooking, fishing, gardening, silk production and the daily life.
Little gifts made from palm leaves
In a poor country like Cambodia parents can't afford to buy toys at the shop regulary. You may remember from your own childhood that nature is a pretty good source to make some small gifts and toys. Our host Ms. Dary will teach you how to create lovely hearts from palm leaves – which you have to p ...
Khmer waffles – Num Poum
You won't find this dessert in the supermarket or at a bakery. Nom Poum have to be made fresh. They were inspired by the French occupiers - hence the waffle irons – but Cambodians made their own recipe. Our host Ms. Laum is a waffle seller, and she will show you the technique and her secret recipe ...
Traditional fishing
Fishing is an important part in the everyday life of people outside big cities. Fish is a main protein source for most, usually caught in ponds and rivers. With our host in Siem Reap you can learn how to throw a traditional Cambodian fishing net – even without the need of actually catching some. ...
DIY Cambodian street food
Ms. Hong Ginlai is a women in her 40s and the proud owner of a street food restaurant in Siem Reap. Previously she worked in a restaurant with her mother, from her she learned cooking. She is passionate about food, and that why she offers up to 15 dishes during the day. Every morning she goes to the ...
How It Works
Exclusive and truly authentic food experiences in Siem Reap, Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Phnom Penh, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
Authentic food in Cambodia
We offer local food experiences in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Stung Treng and Battambang, . Experience more than a cooking class with Cambodian families, eat with locals in their home and have a lot of fun. Create unforgettable memories about your holidays.
Khmer food and family experience
Every hosts will prepare three dishes for you or with you, that’s up to you. You can just watch how food in Cambodia is made or learn how to make it yourself. and of course enjoy the meal together with the family. Also learn about their skills like silk weaving, organic gardening, fishing and local traditions.
Support local families
Our hosts are our family. Our mission is to provide additional income to Khmer women and families and connect them to the tourism industry. We also help our hosts with basic trainings in personal finance and hospitality and food hygiene, if needed. You can help those families directly with your booking.
Our destinations in Asia
We are Cambodias biggest host network for local food experiences, and now also in Vietnam