a couple weeks ago we had the privilege of going out to dinner with two of our favorite people, brian and shannon. mike and i have been wanting to try the food at phnom penh for awhile so we thought this would be a great opportunity.

the restaurant is in chinatown surrounded by small markets and chinese stores. it doesn't look like much from the outside but there is often a wait during peak lunch and dinner hours.

we ordered the fried chicken wings and the butter beef which are the most popular items on the menu. we also ordered a few other items but they were not as memorable.
the fried chicken wings were amazing. i could eat them all day. they are topped with garlic and onions, and comes with a black pepper lime sauce. oh so yummy and definitely worth the trip.
the butter beef. i know i know it doesn't look very appetizing, but it is very good. butter beef is a plate of thinly sliced rib eye covered in a soy vinaigrette, with cilantro, garlic and other spices. it is barely cooked. i was a bit taken back when the waitress brought it to the table but i'm glad i gave it try. definitely will try it again.

mike and min give phnom penh 4 stars out of 5. check it out and try the chicken wings and the butter beef, you definitely won't regret it.
(photos courtesy of urbanspoon. we were too hungry to pause for pictures)


apologies to our two blog followers for not updating. :)

this summer has been very busy but first thing's first - mike and i celebrated our 2nd anniversary in august. the second year was full of ups and downs but, i couldn't be happier married to my hubs.

we celebrated this year by going to cirque du soleil's kooza show.unfortunately i got my hair cut a few hours before the event. the cut was great but my stylist thought i would look cute if i curled my hair. you be the judge.


the show was amazing. i'm not a big fan of circuses but kooza was fantastic!


after the show we went to spice islands for indonesian food. we started with the roti, and then shared the rendang curry, bami goreng, and the sambai long beans. sorry there are no pictures, all the pictures we took of the food turned out blurry. the food was excellent but we naively thought we could handle indonesian spicy...well as you can see we obviously couldn't.

the food was great and the service was excellent. mike and min give it a 3.5 out of 5.

Spice Islands
3592 West 41st Avenue
Vancouver, BC