Porridge in Pol Pot Regime Shows Up Again in 2017

PHNOM PENH– Later this month, a new restaurant called “Pol Pot Porridge” catches the internet by storm.

Recently, a new restaurant called ” Pol Pot Porridge ” is opened to the public for the first time. As you enter the restaurant, they will serve you two different porridge. The first one is the Pol Pot Porridge, a watery bowl of nothing but 5-6 pieces of rice and a little salt. This first porridge is a reminder of the hard reality during Pol Pot regime.

The restaurant’s owner and his customer

However, as you finish the first porridge, they will serve you another bowl which is known as a fish porridge. It is the restaurant’s special porridge with fish all the way from Steung Treng province and natural vegetables. And, it is tasty, according to one netizen who went to the restaurant.

This is a flashback into the cruel past of Cambodian people. As you might have known, an estimate of 1.5 million people living in Cambodia were killed and many starved to death during the brutal regime of Khmer Rouge. This period of time from 1975-1979 was supposed to be the cruelest thing that had ever happened in Cambodia history.

The restaurant locates in Siem Reap province and many people are curious to taste this porridge.

What do you think about this?

The caption, “When we first arrived at the restaurant, we will a plate of porridge with little salt, that’s make us to imagine about how our grandparents and parents lived during that time. However, we will get a new plate of tasty porridge after we finished the first one. This is really amazing”.

The plate of porridge, especially in Khmer Rouge Regime