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(
www.javaarts.org
; 56 Sihanouk Blvd; mains US$4-8; )
Consistently popular thanks to a
breezy balcony and a creative menu that includes crisp salads, delicious homemade sand-
wiches, burgers (do try the vegetarian one) and excellent coffee from several continents.
The upstairs doubles as an art gallery, the downstairs as a bakery.
Taste Budz
( 092961554; 13E St 282; mains US$3-6; 10am-2.30pm & 5-10pm; )
This pint-sized outfit
with the funny name (rasta inspired?) is the most toothsome of Phnom Penh's many Indi-
an restaurants. The speciality is Kerala (South Indian) cuisine. The spicy
kedai
dishes are
divine. Order
porotta
(flatbread) on the side and dig in (with your hands, naturally).
INDIAN
$$
Piccola Italia Da Luigi
PIZZERIA
$$
( 017323273; 36 St 308; pizza US$4.50-9; 11am-2pm & 6-10pm)
A bustling curbside eatery,
just like in Italy, 'Luigi's' certainly has a claim to making some of the best pizza in Ph-
nom Penh. Also has a small deli attached if you're in the mood for some zingy antipasti.
Reservations not a bad idea.
CAFE
$$
Le Jardin
( 011723399; 16 St 360; mains US$3.50-6; 9am-10pm; )
Taking full advantage of a
garden laden with jackfruit trees, this family-oriented cafe has a sandpit and a play house.
The light menu includes tapas (pick three for US$7),
galettes
, sandwiches and salads.
Live music most Friday nights and Sunday afternoon jazz in the garden.
Vego Salad Bar
(21B St 294; salads US$4-5.50; 7.30am-9pm; )
Vego attracts health nuts with its build-it-
yourself salads and wraps. The space is the real draw, however, awash in blonde wood and
strewn with cosy seating. A great place to spend a wi-fi-enabled afternoon sipping a latte.
There's also a
mini-branch
(St 51, cnr St 278;
CAFE
$$
7.30am-9pm)
opposite Wat Langka in the BKK
area.
La Plaza
SPANISH
$$