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Then there's the ever-present dessert. Cambodians love sweet things and every market of-
fers a selection of sugary treats, since the most popular times for dessert are mid-morning
(whilethewomenaredoingtheirgroceryshopping),mid-afternoon,andevening.Youmay
not recognise them as desserts since they are usually presented in a collection of shiny sil-
ver bowls and may consist of gelatinous, colourful balls or blobs made from semolina or
rice flour and covered with coconut cream, condensed milk, shaved ice, and palm sugar.
There are also fried bananas (usually consumed as an afternoon snack), waffles made with
coconut cream, sticky rice wrapped around a fruit or bean, and fried doughnuts.
You'll also find a wonderful selection of exotic fruit (and fruit juice) in almost every
spot you visit. Mangos, mangosteen, rambutan, dragon fruit, lychees, rose apples, pomelo,
guava, and langan are among them. Funnily enough, one of the preferred ways to serve
fruitistodipitintoamixofsaltandchillies-it'sadeliciouscombinationbutastrangeway
of making something healthy into something not so healthy.
Then there's the “king of fruit” - the durian - which you either love or hate. Banned from
many hotels because of its foul odour, this enormous fruit is well-known in Cambodia and
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