Hao An Restaurant — Restaurant in Kampong Cham

My Khyna, my tuk tuk driver, recommended Hao Ann Restaurant for dinner.

While it is primarily a hot pot restaurant with MANY choices, they also offer A BUNCH of prepared dishes each in three sizes—as eating family style is VERY common in Cambodia.

My choices for dinner (please keep in mind, I napped through lunch today):

Small Fried Tofu (14000 riel—$3.50) Small Beef with Yellow Noodles (12000 riel—$3.00) Soda (? $1.00) Mango Smoothie (? $2.00)

TOTAL $10.00-ish

The meal was good. The mango smoothie was out of this world.

Since I arrived before sunset, you get to see the al fresco dining without lights and with lights. Nice dusk ambiance.

Just inside — across from me—staff were chatting and peeling...

Overcrowded and underwhelming during peak season Visited as a tourist during Khmer New Year—it was my first time in Kompong Cham province. Unfortunately, the experience was disappointing. The place was extremely crowded, and the staff couldn’t manage the orders properly. My family waited for a long time, only to be told later that many menu items were already sold out. The prices were quite high compared to the quality and quantity of the food we received. Overall, not a good experience. I wouldn’t recommend visiting during busy holidays or...

The amount of cars parked outside of the restaurant last night here was an assurance for us that this restaurant must be good so we went ahead and ordered a big round of food items as we were famished after a drive from Phnom Penh.

Food was okay I guess for Kompong Chan, but not really something that would warrant me to...