FEATURED ENTRY · CULTURAL-NOTE
French colonial influence on Cambodian cuisine
Heng Heng Chicken Rice serves ‘Exotic Thai dishes’ and does not mention any Cambodian or French-Khmer baked goods [1]. Tatie’s Phnom Penh is a Cambodian restaurant website with no menu details [2]. Pacific French Bakery is a general French bakery that does not mention Cambodian influences [3]. Normandie Bakery’s website contains only technical code [4]. None of the sources discuss LA Cambodian bakeries, num pang sandwiches, café sữa đá, or any French-Khmer culinary hybrid. To answer this question, sources would need to include: (1) menus or product lists from Heng Heng and Mony’s bakeries in Los Angeles, (2) descriptions of their baked goods and whether they include baguettes, pâté, or Vietnamese/Cambodian coffee drinks, and (3) any explicit mention of French colonial culinary influence on their offerings.
Sources
- http://henghengchickenrice.com/
- https://www.taties-phnompenh.com/home
- http://pacificfrenchbakery.com/
- https://www.normandiebakery.com/