Constitution Day – Part 2 Vuthy’s Family Home

While Vuthy and his wife live closer to town in a rented apartment, their daughter Rosa stays at the home of Vuthy’s uncle where we had lunch. Vuthy is hoping to one day build a house next door here.

The family was beautifully hospitable, with no one speaking any English, but we still managed to keep talking, laughing and clinking beers for a few hours. Vuthy must have been exhausted for all the translating he had to do.

The family lives very simply and is completely subsistence on farming, living in a small stilted home with their two working Brahman oxen living below. The area is netted to keep the mosquitoes and mostly likely flies away from the cattle. Vuthy’s uncle is a fantastic cook and the food was magnificent. All the food was prepared in a separate cook house, off to the side of the main house, all cooked in open fires and pots. We had roasted chicken, chilli duck in a peanut satay style sauce, rice, Lemon grass and ginger chicken in a broth and frogs cooked with lemongrass, ginger, chilli and many more spices. A great day out.