{"id":4476,"date":"2019-04-23T14:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/?p=4476"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:10:07","slug":"the-secret-local-ingredients-to-plant-based-dining-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/tables\/the-secret-local-ingredients-to-plant-based-dining-experience.html","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Local Ingredients to Plant-Based Dining Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-1.jpg\" alt=\"banlle-blog-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/tables\/banlle-vegetarian-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banlle Vegetarian Restaurant<\/a>, member of Secret Tables, the dishes served using a mix of seasonal vegetables, flower, roots, beans and herbs &#8211; all grown naturally in the garden surrounding the restaurant, as well as from a few select organic surrounding farms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-2.jpg\" alt=\"banlle-blog-2\" width=\"800\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-2-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chef Pola Siv shared the secret of his meatless dishes called \u201cPrahok Kris\u201d, one of the traditional Cambodian dishes prepared with the aged fermented salted fish, or in Khmer called \u201cPrahok\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4481\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-3.jpg\" alt=\"banlle-blog-3\" width=\"1308\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-3.jpg 1308w, https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-3-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-3-1024x462.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1308px) 100vw, 1308px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Khmer Fruit named &#8220;Ough Mougch\u201d (Left), the secret ingredient to \u201cPrahok Kris\u201d dish (Right)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He recalled tasting and smelling of &#8220;Ough Mougch\u201d fruit during his poor childhood. The fruit smell like spoiled fish and this inspires him to create a vegan Prahok Kris from the fruit paste in replacement of the actual fish and mix with roasted eggplant, coconut milk and roasted peanut and served with local crudit\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-4.jpg\" alt=\"banlle-blog-4\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-4.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/banlle-blog-4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/tables\/banlle-vegetarian-restaurant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banlle Vegetarian Restaurant<\/a>, one of Secret Tables in Siem Reap, a brand new vegetarian restaurant recently opened in the heart of Siem Reap town, 5 minutes walking from old market, set on 1,200sqm of land in a traditional Cambodian wooden house with two floors. The beautifully decorated glass door in between the spaces encourages guests to see through into the kitchen. The open air upstairs area is fan-cooled, overlooking the herb and vegetable garden. Alternatively the outside seating within the garden is the perfect place for a romantic evening, surrounded by lush tropical green vegetable and herbs.<br \/>\nThe restaurant is opened from from11.00 am to 9.30 pm (Last sitting) on Wednesday to Monday, and closed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/tables\/banlle-vegetarian-restaurant\">https:\/\/www.secret-retreats.com\/tables\/banlle-vegetarian-restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Banlle Vegetarian Restaurant, member of Secret Tables, the dishes served using a mix of seasonal vegetables, flower, roots, beans and herbs &#8211; all grown naturally in the garden surrounding the restaurant, as well as from a few select organic surrounding farms. 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