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Floating Rock, a seemingly nondescript Cambodian restaurant, is just this type of place. Located in uninspiring Revere Beach, a short ride up the blue line, Floating Rock is a true hole-in-the-wall. The single room features Formica tabletops and little in the way of decor, though loud Cambodian pop music sets a certain atmosphere. Whatever is lacking in ambiance, however, the restaurant more than compensates for with the menu. The food is so alive, so bursting with flavor, that all else is forgiven. Eating at Floating Rock is a strange and wonderful journey into a cuisine that...
...world outside Cambodia. Concentrated in Lynn, Lowell and Revere, the population numbering between 40,000 and 50,000 is manifested by the Khmer food markets and jewelry shops that line the streets. Kim’s son estimates that the restaurant draws a clientele that is 90 percent Cambodian. It is a place where recent immigrants can eat the food that reminds them of home. This means one thing: prahok...
...nearly every dish. Its strong aroma permeates the room at Floating Rock, but prahok’s bark is worse than its bite; the smell and taste is familiar to anyone who’s eaten the fish sauce-laden cuisines of Thailand and Vietnam. Much like these cuisines, Cambodian food uses an abundance of aromatic herbs for vibrant flavor, fresh chiles for heat and spices for complexity. Dishes are often augmented with a pinch of sugar, supplying a characteristic sweet and sour taste. But it is the distinctive prahok that gives Cambodian food such a unique flavor...
...tongue, but never sends a diner madly scrambling for water. And because everything is cooked to order, seasoning levels can be adjusted for personal preference. However, spicing is best left to the chefs, who delicately balance flavors amongst saltiness, sweetness, sourness and bitterness, a hallmark of any good Cambodian meal...
...KILLED. OM RAMSADY, 50, former Cambodian parliamentarian turned adviser to the National Assembly president, Prince Norodom Ranariddh; in Phnom Penh. Ramsady was shot at an outdoor cafe by what's known locally as "a flying bike"?a two-man hit squad on a motorcycle. Ranariddh, whose royalist Funcinpec party faces off against Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party in general elections in July, claimed the killing was a political assassination...