This long-running Khmer and Thai restaurant simply gets better and better. Set in a large Khmer traditional-style building on leafy 57 Street, the restaurant has beautifully rustic decor featuring dark wood and silk. It has recently doubled in size since they built a new annex. If you want a more rural style of dining head upstairs, where floor cushions are arranged around low tables with balcony views of the street below. It serves a fantastic range of regional dishes, with separate Thai and Khmer menus (Surin is an Isan province of Thailand bordering Cambodia to the north that is almost entirely ethnic Khmer). The dishes range from the simple Thai rad na gai (large flat noodles with chicken in gravy) to Khmer favorites such as dtrey dom rai (whole fish fried with tamarind sauce). Try the dtrey chhlounh, or deep-fried peacock eel direct from the Tonle Sap. The crowning glory of the Khmer Surin is the astonishingly reasonable prices it charges for these wonderful offerings. It remains one of the best places in central Phnom Penh to sample Khmer cuisine.
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