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Angkor Eats Siem Reap Food Tour with 15+ Tastings
Siem Reap
Important Information
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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See 'What to Expect' section and 'What's Included' for info on dietary restrictions
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We recommend comfortable walking shoes. Bring rain gear/umbrella, if rain looks likely. There's lot of tastings to try, come hungry!
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Prepare your palate to be tickled by 15+ tastings on our lunchtime food tour, sampling dishes that range from ancient Khmer techniques to the spice-driven heritage of the Cham community. While most visitors merely scratch the surface, we provide the culinary know-how to navigate local foodie gems that you'd struggle to find alone.
Experience a unique insider experience to see a bamboo sticky rice workshop nestled in countryside traditions. Take a journey through parts of the region that the tuk-tuk would normally zip right past. All dished up with the context only an insider local guide can provide. This is your food expedition built for the traveller who wants to taste the real Siem Reap.
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Max 8 exclusive guests, smallest group size in Siem Reap (private tour or 9+ guests - contact us)
Moveable feast with 8-9 stops around the streets of old Siem Reap and Angkor
Bottled water
15+ food tastings included, more than any other Siem Reap food tour
Tuk-tuk transport around Siem Reap
Led by professional local guides
Alcoholic drinks excluded
Pick up and drop off from hotel excluded. Easy-to-find meeting point for all guests
Meeting Points
Departure
Footprint Cafes
Meet at Footprint Cafe in the heart of central Siem Reap, across the river from Pub Street. You guide will provide a bottle of water and you can use the bathroom facilities before we start.
Return
Wat Damnak
The tour ends at Wat Damnak temple, a 5 minutes walk from the meeting point. Your guide can assist with a taxi or walking directions back to your accommodation. The tour duration is 3.5 to 4 hours depending on the pace of the group.
Angkor Eats Siem Reap Food Tour with 15+ Tastings
Siem Reap
About
Prepare your palate to be tickled by 15+ tastings on our lunchtime food tour, sampling dishes that range from ancient Khmer techniques to the spice-driven heritage of the Cham community. While most visitors merely scratch the surface, we provide the culinary know-how to navigate local foodie gems that you'd struggle to find alone.
Experience a unique insider experience to see a bamboo sticky rice workshop nestled in countryside traditions. Take a journey through parts of the region that the tuk-tuk would normally zip right past. All dished up with the context only an insider local guide can provide. This is your food expedition built for the traveller who wants to taste the real Siem Reap.
Highlights
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Max 8 exclusive guests, smallest group size in Siem Reap (private tour or 9+ guests - contact us)
Moveable feast with 8-9 stops around the streets of old Siem Reap and Angkor
Bottled water
15+ food tastings included, more than any other Siem Reap food tour
Tuk-tuk transport around Siem Reap
Led by professional local guides
Alcoholic drinks excluded
Pick up and drop off from hotel excluded. Easy-to-find meeting point for all guests
Meeting Points
Departure
Footprint Cafes
Meet at Footprint Cafe in the heart of central Siem Reap, across the river from Pub Street. You guide will provide a bottle of water and you can use the bathroom facilities before we start.
Return
Wat Damnak
The tour ends at Wat Damnak temple, a 5 minutes walk from the meeting point. Your guide can assist with a taxi or walking directions back to your accommodation. The tour duration is 3.5 to 4 hours depending on the pace of the group.
Itinerary
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Siem Reap
Beyond the sunrise-chasers at Angkor Wat, there is a different rhythm to Siem Reap: the rising steam from a hand-pounded noodle stall and the woody scent of bamboo roasting over charcoal. It’s a place of wok-fired smoke and ancient secrets, where the most exciting stories are told not only in stone but in the family recipes passed down through generations.
Before we get started, our tour reflects the local cuisine and the limitations of street food vendors means we unfortunately cannot cater for every dietary restriction. Here's an honest appraisal for the tour so no-one is disappointed:
✖️ Vegetarians have 3-4 less tastings due to limited alternatives at some vendors.
✖️ Unsuitable for severe allergies, halal and celiac diets, due to risk of traces and cross-contamination.
If you are feeling adventurous for a foodie journey, read on!
15 minutes
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Siem Reap
Start at a local mainstay where the owner is at the market before dawn sourcing the day’s fresh spread. Dive into brohok khteas, a funky coconut fermented fish dip. Then there’s the aromatic snap of ginger chicken and the slippery tangle of Khmer vermicelli salad, all served with a mound of fluffy rice and bottomless tea.
Next, we hit a roadside stand for a liquid education in local wellness: the chilled goodness of snow fungus and the velvety silk of fresh pumpkin. But here’s the truth: finding the real-deal stuff isn't always easy, and the line between a legendary meal and a tourist trap is thinner than a rice noodle. It pays to know the culinary ropes.
Among many more surprises, prepare for your taste buds to be provoked across 15+ tastings, from local eateries to the streetside shacks of the unsung food heroes of Siem Reap.
45 minutes
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Siem Reap
The journey continues with the golden crunch of chek chean fried bananas, before we find a tiny joint serving up charred, comforting sweet potato and taro patties. Head to the Num Banh Chok village, the ultimate authentic backdrop for understanding the country’s most misunderstood ingredient: prahok. Taste the source of tradition with grilled fish paste in a banana leaf, whose ancient techniques date back to the Angkorian era, a centuries-old method of preserving the massive bounty of the Tonlé Sap lake.
1 hour
4
Siem Reap
Prepare for a sensory shift as we sample the unique egg fruit, Cambodia’s creamy answer to the cantaloupe. Take a stunning countryside ride by tuk-tuk, stopping near temple grounds to witness the meticulous art of roasting bamboo sticky rice, a craft maintained by the same family for decades. It’s an intimate look at a vanishing culinary heritage that few travellers ever get to see.
Later back in town, sit down for a feast at a Cham Muslim community kitchen. Because in this country, all avenues lead to amok. Experience the soufflé-like fish amok, the peppery perfection of lok lak shaking beef, and the fragrant Khmer chicken curry with flaky roti.
1 hour
5
Siem Reap
Following a thirty-year-old culinary blueprint, we finish with the heavy-hitters of the dessert world, with grandmother’s hand-wrapped mung bean rice crepes.
Our tour is capped at a maximum of eight guests, creating an intimate environment that allows us to duck into the humble, hole-in-the-wall spots that simply couldn't accommodate a crowd.
We end our food adventure at the tranquil Wat Damnak, leaving you not just full, but with a deeper understanding of a cuisine that has survived for centuries - long before the sandstone ruins were inscribed by UNESCO.