#261 Royal Palace of Cambodia & A Korean Meal 🇰🇭 | 柬埔寨皇宫和附近韩餐

Hey, what's up fellow Steemians! What you see in my photos here are part of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in its capital city Phnom Penh. The head image is my entry to the Qurator Photo Friday competition.

今天请大家跟随我的脚步，来看看位于首都金边的一部分柬埔寨皇宫。

It’s the moment before a tropical shower when the changing sky and clouds casted a dramatic backdrop for these buildings. The girl in the picture was cycling hard to escape the coming storm, and the heavy rain started to pour when I walked fast till a restaurant by the square.

The fried chicken restaurant franchise is called Bonchon Chicken. They are commonly seen in Southeast Asia and the USA, but there’s only 1 store in its birthplace of South Korea. So I ordered a coffee and a Bibimbap while waiting for the rain to stop. I'm not sure if the meal was genuinely Korean, but it tasted great and this place offered a nice view point for the palace and the square.

拍这前几张照片时，正好赶上狂风大作、乌云压城。路上的行人都加快了脚步，那位骑车的妹纸也开始猛踩踏板，拼命想躲过即将来临的大雨。果然，等我一路小跑到前面一家小餐馆时，立刻暴雨倾盆。

而这家叫Bonchon的韩式连锁餐厅的位置和环境都不错，是个看风景躲雨的好地方，值得推荐。这餐馆主打炸鸡，在东南亚和美国见到不少，据说它起源于釜山，在本土却只开了一家，看来是个墙内开花墙外香的典型呀。我不禁想到熊猫快餐、左宗棠鸡、幸运饼干这类吃的，哈哈......

其实开始只打算喝点东西躲个雨，结果雨一直下个不停，奶茶、咖啡都喝完了还没有停的迹象。我都等饿了，只好又点了份石锅拌饭。看上去应该不是韩国人做的，而是统一培训出来的，但味道还可以，咖啡的花也拉得挺熟练~

Address:

地址：

View from the upstairs of the Korean restaurant:

从餐馆楼上看出去：

About 2 hours later, the downpour stopped, and locals went on picnicing. This square and the river side seemed to be a popular place for tourists as well as the locals to relax.

过了两个小时左右，雨终于停了，很多当地人也陆续冒出来，继续席地野餐：

The whole complex covers an extensive area of 174,870 square metres. Its throne hall, defensive wall, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, stupas and towering spires are all typical elements of Khmer architecture with a slight French touch.

In the mid-19th century, the construction of the palace started after the royal capital was relocated here from Oudong. The site was chosen at the Western bank of the cross division of the two important rivers - Mekong River and Tonle Sap River.

The Kings of Cambodia have lived in the palace since it was built except for the period of the Khmer Rouge.

Have you visited the Royal Palace of Cambodia? What impressed you the most there?

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