Sombai
Sombai's workshop in a traditional Khmer wooden house
Painted bottles of Sombai Liqueur with pictures of Angkor temples
Sombai Infused Cambodian Liqueur (Sombai) is a local beverage produced in Siem Reap.[1]
This beverage takes inspiration from the Sraa Tram (or soaked wine) that Cambodians drink traditionally and the infused rums from the islands.[2][3] The particularity of the bottles of Sombai is that they are hand-painted making it attractive to tourists visiting Cambodia who want to bring back home gifts or souvenirs.[4][5][6]
The workshop and its tasting parlour[7] installed in a traditional Khmer wooden house, has become a tourist attraction in town.[8][9] It also propose products from the sister brands Joe's Cuisine (non-alcoholic range of spices, aromatised sea salt, fleur de sel and peppercorns) and Joe's Kampot Pepper Liqueur.
References
- ↑ Nicky Sullivan "Fruit-flavoured infused rice wines make a splash". The Phnom Penh Post, 7 September 2012,
- ↑ "Associated Press: Rice wine spirit is rebranded as a tourist tipple". Retrieved 2015-08-03.
- ↑ Lara Dunston "Cambodian rice wine revival". Australian Gourmet Traveller, 11 July 2014
- ↑ Lara Dunston "Taste Siem Reap’s Own Brand of Infused Rice Spirit". Afar (magazine)
- ↑ Nick Ray "Sombai". Lonely Planet Online
- ↑ Peter Olszewski "Cambodian Fusion". Management Insider
- ↑ Miranda Glasser "Taste Sombai rice wine purveyors open new showroom". The Phnom Penh Post, 1 August 2014
- ↑ Robyn Eckhardt "36 Hours in Siem Reap". The New York Times, 22 July 2015
- ↑ Dana Ter"Searching for serenity in Siem Reap"., Taipei Times, 19 August 2015
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- Official Sombai Workshop Facebook page
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