The Le Tigre de papier (the paper tiger) is a very good restaurant and cooking school that has been Siem Reap since before I first started visiting there (which is over 10 years). They have always had excellent pizzas, pastas and hamburgers. The rest I don't really know about because that is what I always eat there. 90 percent of the time I eat a Sicilian pizza, which is a Margherita with Anchovies. I might have a green or Cesar salad on the side. I wash that down with several local draft beers, probably Angkor.
Important information - in Cambodia they have Angkor and Anchor beer. The Angkor beer is preferred by most people, but it does not cost much to make a test. Draft beers in Cambodia are usually offered for 50 cents (US$) per mug. The default currency in Cambodia is the US dollar, Cambodian currency is only used for small change.
Nice place with good food. I recommend the cooking class there.
The food here was actually pretty good and reasonably priced. Gotta love the beautiful and warm ambience! The service is a little impersonal, but I find that's the case in most of the restaurants in Siem Reap.
Realy good cooking class! Would totally recommend it!
Went here for a cooking class. It was fun
We took the Cooking Class and it very good, both funny and interesting.
We took the 15$ one (1 starter, 1 main course and 1 dessert - believe me, it’s enough!).
It was good to see the market and learn about fruit and vegetables.
We chose our dishes and they already had the ingredients so the market Tour was just for learning.
Then we cooked our 2 plates and one of us (we were a group of 8) cooked the dessert (excellent banana fried 😍😋).
I highly recommend it!
Food is fresh and tasty. Mango and papaya salads as well as the fish amok are very good.
Another perk of this place, is the cooking class offered for $15 per person. You choose, one starter and one main from their menu and you get to cook it after a short visit to the local market next door, Psar Chas.
Great western food right in the heart of Pub street. We had great burgers and $.50 beer! Staff was great and it wasn’t too loud. Had a nice time.
Good price and good food local and western. We recommend!
Did the cooking class here. Was really great .
The maxi burger is awesome. The lasagna on the other hand is a bit small and not so special. Overall good experience
Great place, great foodfrench owner so the food is good
Dead drunk and in search of a meal at 3 am? This is your only hope.
I enjoyed the cooking class but Denisa's earlier review is 100% accurate. The meal at the end was delicious and the other "students" were great. I've had better cooking class experiences but at the same time it was really fun to choose what you wanted to make and have it personalized. It made for an enjoyable morning and huge lunch. I am just getting around to eating dinner now8 hours later!
Some very good food, with a much quieter set up than some of the nearby establishments. Their wood-fired lemongrass chicken casserole is a mouthwatering italian-khmer fusion dish that I'd highly recommend. You can also try amok, with local fish from the nearby lake. Overall a quiet spot with a nice viewpoint on to pub street and reasonable service.
Amazing breakfast! Best in town!
You get: two fried eggs, homecut bacon (and possibly home salted as well), homemade jam, freshly baked bun, butter, the laughing cow creme-cheese, tea or coffee, orange juice, a fruit salat and a mother flipping pancake for the price of FIVE dollars!
Great food.. good dining option in busy pub street bit pricey!!
I would not recommend this class if your goal is to gain exposure and understanding of Khmer ingredients and cooking (and especially considering the price). If you’re just looking for something to do with a meal included, then you can consider it.
The entire class felt very rushed and in turn a bit stressful than relaxing. The most enjoyable part of the class were the people we met and the food we shared once we finished cooking.
This cooking class has so much potential to create/improve their process and training to create a meaningful Khmer cooking experiences for the attendees.
Here is an overview of the class:
• you arrive to the class and are presented with the restaurant’s menu to pick a starter and an entrée that you would like to cook
• you are then led through the back of the restaurant by your “teacher/chef” for the day (who never gives an introduction) to the market, across the street
• the market tour is very quick and most people in the group won’t hear what she says, as she is in the front and everyone else follows behind because it’s so busy; she will point out a few vegetables/fruits and you will then head back into the restaurant
• the cooking class takes places upstairs of the restaurant overlooking the street below; each person is seated with a plate of ingredients (for their selected meals) and then quickly shown how to prepare each one (I didn’t like that we were seated for the majority of the class)
• once you prepare the ingredients, the chef will take the plate away and saran wrap it until you’re ready to cook it (there was a lot of unnecessary saran wrapping going on – wasteful in my opinion); during this process you are not really learning much or given explanations of techniques
• one by one you will cook your food, quickly as the chef guides you; there are no recipes or books provided – so take your own notes
• in my opinion, there was a lot of food wasted during this class; the proportions were not measured out accurately; example – when making deep fried eggrolls, I used half the vegetables for stuffing and the rest was thrown away
• once everyone is done cooking their meals, they are wrapped in saran wrap and you take them downstairs so that you can eat and enjoy; the food was delicious, but keep in mind you have to buy your own drinks (even water)
The food and staff here are good. I enjoyed it so much I did their cooking class where they teach you how to make dishes from their menu. Great food and a lot of fun. I'd recommend it, 5 stars for the cookery course!