The Blue
Pumpkin is one of the few Cambodian founded café chains in Phnom Penh, the
founders is a couple from France and Thailand. They started as a small bakery
in Siem Reap and have later turned in to a chain that is both a bakery and a
restaurant. Today they have outlets both
in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. In Phnom Penh you will find them on Riverside and on
the first floor of Monument Books.
The Blue Pumpkin
on Riverside is a really popular place among both locals and tourists, and some
expats. Some expats tends to think it is a little crowed and noisy.
I normally
go to The Blue Pumpkin to buy bread or cakes, but some weeks ago I went there
to have dinner. I had the Chicken Satay ($5) and my friend tried the Goat
cheese and pumpkin dumplings ($6.75). The Satay was ok but far from the best
one I have tried. The dumplings were a bit disappointing, the combination of
too much dumpling dough, pumpkin and cheese became a little mushy.
Since I
really like their pastries and cakes, I decided to give them one more chance
when it came to their food. So last week I went for lunch at Blue Pumpkin in
Monument Books. It was the perfect place to have lunch alone, there was almost
no one there and I could sit work without getting disturbed by screaming
children or loud conversations. I tried the Vegetarian Quiche ($2.75)this time
but I’m sorry to say I was disappointed again, it was dry and had almost no
vegetables just a lot of quiche.
I can
really recommend their cakes and some of the bread and even their breakfast but
their food has not impressed me so far.
Food: + +
Service: + + +
Atmosphere: + + +
(Scale 1-5, 1 is really bad and 5 is excellent)
Price: $ $ $
(Scale 1-5, 1 is really cheap and 5 is very expensive)
Service: + + +
Atmosphere: + + +
(Scale 1-5, 1 is really bad and 5 is excellent)
Price: $ $ $
(Scale 1-5, 1 is really cheap and 5 is very expensive)
