2. Phnom Penh Noodle Shack 1644 Cherry Ave. 562-433-0032, www.thenoodleshack.com. Simply known as The Shack, this is where Keam goes for the house specialty, the Phnom Penh noodles. Made with shrimp, pork meat and other meaty parts, it’s typically a breakfast […]
Written by FRANK SHYONG Phnom Penh Noodle Shack, one of the better-known restaurants in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town, opened in 1985 in a tiny dining room with four tables. Tan’s aunts and uncles worked in sandals, with no air conditioning, […]
Andrew and local rapper & native Joanlee take us through Cambodia Town in Long Beach, CA to try the best Cambodian noodles and snacks!
By Sarah Bennett Photography by Wonho Frank Lee It didn’t take long after Cambodians first started coming to Long Beach as refugees 40 years ago that the first Khmer restaurants appeared. After the brutal Khmer Rouge regime killed millions of […]
Andrew learns that some of the best foods in Los Angeles are hiding in neighborhoods where outsiders rarely go! From pig head tamales in Watts to steamed chicken embryo in Long Beach, Andrew tastes it all.
By Sarah Bennett If anyone ever asks you what Cambodian food tastes like, just take them to Phnom Penh Noodle and start ordering. The menu at this tiny home-style dining room (no, really, it’s built into the house of the family […]
Phnom Penh Noodle Shack Technically Cambodia Town extends only a block in either direction from Anaheim Street, but the legendary Phnom Penh Noodle Shack is close enough to count. Three blocks up Cherry and built into a former house, “the […]
#3. Eat Cambodian noodle soup at The Shack Sure, you can get a deep-fried catfish or banh chiao at any of the restaurants that dot Anaheim St (aka Cambodia Town), but venture a few blocks off the strip for a […]
From the outside, Phnom Penh Noodle—aka “The Shack”—looks just like the house it was built into decades ago. But between the hours of 6AM and 3PM, the renovated wood interior is bustling with a diverse breakfast and lunch crowd scrambling […]
