- Chef Katana (Sugar Palm), Chef Sokka (Mails, Siem Reap), Chef Sothea Seng (Lum Orng), Chef Mork Mengley (Siem Reap) Chef Rotnak (Nak, Phnom Peh) and the chefs collective at Spoons Restaurant (EGBOK initiative, Siem Reap) are some of the stars of Cambodian culinary world with whom we’ve worked with to better understand the nuances, traditions and the future of Cambodian cuisine
Ar. Naveen Reddy and Restaurateur Ms. Veena Reddy’s long, extensive travels across the length and breadth of Cambodia to regions as varied as Phnom Peh, Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampot and many more is as much a careful study of the cuisines, art and culture. Both have passionately chased, worked and cooked with established chefs in restaurants and at homes to better understand the longstanding traditions, nuances, flavours and recipes of Khmer cuisine from various regions of Cambodia and its influences.
December 2019
Conjuring a dream
The dream was born in early 2018, by the time we could put it down on paper and go on a soul search of sorts along with the purpose of finding just the perfect site or the right place to house the dream, we’re at early 2019.
December , 2020
Opened doors
July 2021
Trials & tribulations
We opened to great reviews, flowers and bouquets whilst still trying to understand the few bricks that came our way, we’ve almost found sure footing and like unexpected showers and torrential rains on parade, we’ve yet another round of fresh lockdowns to deal with. We show a brave face and are back, this time that much stronger in July 2021.
December 2021
We turned 1
“You don’t realise time flies when you’re having a good time,” they say, must be true, cos’ we’re racing towards our 1st Anniversary on December 6th, 2021. We called all our favourite patrons, friends, family and more importantly the staff to ring in the same with a bash that went on as the night progressed.
October 2022
We grew albeit
February 2022, we’ve to resort to increasing covers to cater to the ever-growing demands and requests of our wonderful patrons. We can’t seem to keep pace, October 2022 we increase capacity even further by expanding seating, this is a good problem to have.
Decmber 6 2022
Happy birthday t(w)o us
January 2023
Awards galore
Our first award comes as shot of confidence in February 2023 in the form of our very first (hopefully this but only the beginning of many) awards at the Restaurant Awards 2023, Khmer Kitchen is named the ‘Best Foreign Cuisine Restaurant of the Year – PAN Asian’
March 2023
Kingdom of Cambodia calling
At the Pinnacle Business Excellence Awards, Khmer Kitchen India represented by Ar. Naveen Reddy was presented with a Certificate of Achievement from The Royal Kingdom of Cambodia, for Best Cambodian Restaurant, 2023.
Khmer Kitchen understands the gravitas of being a custodian of the Khmer cuisine and we’ve taken utmost care to be true to it.
At Khmer Kitchen we celebrate the earth’s rhythm and cycles. We respect the ingredients and their integrity in order to dole out the very best of gourmet and fine-dining
Khmer Kitchen will be a privy to the privilege of being a safe space to celebrate Cambodia’s art, architecture and culture
Bridge the long forgotten cultural roots between India and Cambodia since 6th century onwards.