A popular and highly portable snack, a large hollowed out bamboo section filled with sticky rice steamed with coconut milk, black eyed peas and a little salt. The end is stuffed with bamboo leaves and cooked over charcoal for 70 minutes. The charred bamboo is then sliced off expertly with a large knife and it is ready to eat. You peel it like a banana to enjoy.
Sold by women on their bikes, it is a savory filling snack that is easy on the stomach, recognizable and inexpensive ($1). In ancient times Angkor soldiers carried this snack with them to eat on the road as it would keep for a few days. Modern day coconut milk does not keep as long.
Bochner Family Adventure 
Sounds yummy! Love those kids; they look so nice in those pictures!!!
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