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I wanted to write a long winded entry about my 8-day trip to Cambodia (Siam Reap & Phnom Penh) but as soon as the pictures got uploaded, I didn't feel like writing anymore. Is that a sign of aging, the sudden change of interest?

My first meal in Siam Reap. We wanted to try something really awesome as soon as we have chucked our luggage in the hotel, and we were looking for places to try. We stumbled upon a book for tourists, and Blue Pumpkin was mentioned.

It's like Malaysia's Oldtown Kopitiam; the difference is this was to cater for angmohs. I didn't see any locals eating in the many chain of this shop. There was bound to be a little "THE BLUE PUMPKIN" everywhere in Siam Reap, either in a full shop, or just occupying a small corner in a shopping center. It's a place for youngsters to chill, sit about as you can see from its menu. Indeed, a nice place to hide from the heat, but as for the food and drinks they serve, I have to say otherwise. 

I ordered one of the peculiar items I could find in the menu. For instance, a BACON & BLUE CHEESE SANDWICH. Heck, it's not found anywhere in Malaysia, considering the price of a piece of blue cheese sold here. So being all adventurous, I ordered that. 

And I was deceived by the picture. 

First, it's not the taste of the cheese that I resented. The bread was hard, that I swore it could have hurt my traveling partner if I were to throw it at her. They were also very stingy on the bacon, and onions. 

That changed my traveling mood very quickly.