Sophy’s Thai hot pot soups are righteous—the Sterno flaming and the stock bubbling as the waitress dishes up your straw mushrooms, shrimp and chunks of chicken from a coconut milk-based broth as spicy as you can stand. But if it’s Cambodian food you came for, the Phnom Penh Noodles are what you order. They serve [...]

With all its overwhelming options, you learn to rely on Siem Reap’s amiable wait staff, who are quick, efficient and almost always serve up their suggestions with a smile. The ground pork curry (its spice tempered by a few slices of green eggplant) is a good start. And beef lok lak is a great follow-up, [...]

Pork, rice noodles and sauces are main ingredients at Sophy’s Thai and Cambodian

PHOTO by ROSHEILA ROBLES
In the six blocks of Anaheim Street between Redondo and Termino are three of the city’s finest, cheapest ethnic restaurants: Brite Spot, Dear Heart Thai, and Sophy’s Thai and Cambodian Food. Because it’s newest to me, Sophy’s is my [...]