le cambodge — Restaurant in Paris

Not authentic.

Hello Ming Kirita

1st I would like say as a khmer myself, I would love to see all khmer restaurant owners and khmer peoples in Cambodia and elswhere to succeed. That being said, to answer your response to my original post. I said the food was not authentic, I did not say it wasn't good. I was at the10 Avenue Richerand restaurant and unfortunately did not see 1 Cambodian person working (so hired friends maybe, but not family), as I was excited to order and communicate in Khmer for a change. The adjective Authentic means genuine, original, not a copy, in this context it is referring to traditional Cambodian food. Being Cambodian your self, dose not make anything you cook authentically Cambodian be default. (You can not make a shawarma and call it traditional Cambodian food).

I ordered the (traditional ginger fish) and my wife ordered the Lok Lak. My ginger fish resembled a Korean rice bowl with shredded lettuce, pickled cabbage, carrots and peanuts.(I'm sorry I was expecting steamed fish(not debonned), soy sauce, garlic and green onions with rice on the side). My wife's Lok Lak had shredded lettuce (no way to make lettuce wraps with the beef,tomato and onions, I think the cooked used hoisen and not oyster and fish sauce for the flavour.) All of the Cambodian Food(home cooking and restaurants) I have been eating the last 38 years from Cambodian family and friends from South Carolina, Philadelphia, Lowell, long beach California, USA to Toronto and Ottawa Canada (which has all been identical) is not the kind of food your restaurant is serving. I was in Cambodia 5 years ago and the food there also did not look like the food your serving. So once again the Lok Lak I can overlook but the traditional ginger fish was absolutely inspired by a traditional recipe but clearly altered to adjust to the local taste. Hence why I said not authentic. I would suggest using the term (inspired by) for dishes you alter from the original recipe, and save the term traditional for dishes that look,taste and have the same texture you would find in Cambodia.

Again I wish all Cambodians well and, nothing personal against you at all, I was excited and expecting authentic Cambodian food and was just disappointed with the food not being...

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