Khmer Fried Chicken
on 31 Aug 2007
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In our global search for the cutting culinary edge and following on from the latest in
Khartoum, we discover - courtesy of
Phnomenon - that the
devil's spawn American fastfood chain KFC is coming to Cambodia and it's coming soon,
QSR Brands Bhd is expanding its restaurant business under the KFC brand to Cambodia.
The first outlet is expected to be operational in Phnom Penh by year-end, said chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim during a press conference to announce the new venture Thursday.
The group plans to open four outlets initially in the capital as well as in major towns. This would be followed by two new restaurants every year. link
The easier option might be the
Foreign Correspondent's Club - which was never really a
Foreign Correspondent's Club - or better still a quick scour through the extensive
Phnomenon archives.
NB: Picture above is from Ho Chi Minh City not Phnom Penh...
How can you say the FCC was never a proper Foreign Correspondents Club!
When it started out it was as good it gets. It was "Frontline"". A mad bar with all the "Unusual Suspects". Ask Jon Swain. Nate Thayer, William Shawcross, Tim Page, Leo Dobbs, Mark Dodd and the rest.
OK today it's now on the Kuoni/Thomas Cook tour package but at the beginning it was the nearest thing to a journo hangout with a bit of UN and NGO thrown in.
There was even proper membership - unfortunately I might have forgotten to pay my subscription. Sorry !!