Impulse Trip Booking to Bangkok for the Weekend

So I was having a craving for some Tom Yum Soup for lunch rather randomly today and Tikki, my Thai girl friend, said hi to me on Facebook and we started chatting away. Within minutes, I was clicking away online looking for flights from Phnom Penh to Bangkok. And less than an hour later, ta-dah!

Flights booked, Accommodation checked, Fun Ensues

It was rather expensive I would say, considering its AirAsia, and I probably would be paying just 30 dollars more for a proper airline like Bangkok Airways, but timing wise it was perfect and I could head for the airport right after work, and then return to Phnom Penh on Sunday afternoon.

So anyway, right after that booking made was made, I suddenly realised that I have an upcoming work trip to HK which will happen within these few weeks.

Had my fingers (and eyes too: see below) crossed for a few days that these two trips wouldn't clash.

Apparently I had my toes crossed as well and that kinda worked. The aforesaid HK trip was scheduled quite last-minutely for 26th-29th May, exactly a week before my BKK trip - happy days.

Looking forward, to both trips. =]

Kobe Restaurant, Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh has, surprisingly, more Japanese restaurants than I first thought it had.

Was hectic at work these weeks preparing for the meeting with the M&S guys who are here in Phnom Penh for a couple of days. Was so exciting meeting them and getting to know them better was kinda a big plus point. Who are we kidding!? Best part of course would be the dinner following the big meeting LOL.

So we headed for Kobe, quite a famous Japanese restaurant in Phnom Penh which is located at Le President Hotel. Whilst we were in the car, my gastric juices were already having a great party with my stomach walls and I was trying my best not to think of food - to no avail. Well you see, I've always wanted to head to Kobe as I heard they have really good sashimi and the teppanyaki is awesome - and of course the price tag is highly awesome too. LOL. So imagine my excitement when I knew we were all heading there on company expenses. Happy days. =]

After finally getting over the traffic jam, we arrived at about 7:30pm, about 30 minutes later than our scheduled reservations. Kim ordered a feast. Well not exactly a feast if it isn't 500 cows worth of steak, but you get what I mean.

I've not managed to snap any photos of the sashimi boat nor the shrimp tempura that we ordered because they were snatched up in a matter of seconds. 

The beef roll with asparagus and Cod fish.

She appears to be doing a magic show with the scallops in butter.

Doesn't this look familiar?

Photo from www.colourbox.com

Teriyaki Chicken in the making

Rating: 4.5/5

You can tell how delicious this squid was from the fact that I only remembered to take photos of it after the majority of it was destroyed by me.



Rating: 3.5/5

Prawns were fresh and nicely cooked.

Thats all for the photos. To be honest we had heaps more but I was too busy eating to be really taking photos of the food. Also, I don't really want to be too rude snapping too much away in front of the M&S peeps as they are still our guests afterall - nor look as if I've never seen chefs cooking in front of me, or am seeing food for the first time in my life. =]

Totally looking forward to the next pig-out M&S meeting.

Kobe Japanese Restaurant

680 Kampuchea Krom, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Le President Hotel
Kobe Japanese Restaurant Website