DAY 11 (continued) - With rain persisting (and flooding in Siem Reap's streets), Valerie and I decide to spend the rest of the day at our hotel. We want to grab lunch at The BBQ Restaurant, but the outdoor eating area is closed due to the weather. We end up dining inside The Pool Bar.

Strange that there are no seats at the bar...not that we would have sit at one.

The key to our room...hard to lose, but not something we would carry with us during our tours.

Lime, sauces, and peppers.

Valerie orders the stir-fried vegetables...pretty much the same dish served at the breakfast buffet.

I order the beef lok lak...yum! I wish I photographed the rice before and after they removed the cone. (I learn later that this supposedly Khmer dish likely came over from Vietnam during the French Colonization)

Valerie serves me some of her veggies, then requests a share of my dish. Has it been THAT long since I last ran?

Tonight we plan to dine at the hotel so we can watch this show

The rain does not look like it is going to stop any time soon, so we don't plan to leave the hotel for the rest of the day. We may use the pool this afternoon...after all, we are already wet. Valerie has booked a massage at the spa and I will probably try to run on the treadmill.

Looking over The Dining Room Menu, Valerie and I decide upon dishes in the Khmer Discovery section. My eyes (and lens) focus on the Kulen Stone.

Valerie sips juice from another massive coconut

They should have served my juice inside a watermelon

Amuse-bouche

Valerie and I share an excellent starter...Steamed Mekong Lobser with Wasabi Lime Mayonnaise.

Valerie and I have the best seats in the room for tonight's show

My dinner date

Proof that I am here (Photo by Valerie)

The show begins before our main course arrives

Valerie snaps a shot of her main course...the Angkor Wat Tower: Mekong lobster, spicy chicken soup, stir-fried crab legs, bbq beef skewers marinated with lemongrass and tamarind peanut crumbs, black wild rice and fried garlic jasmine rice (Photo by Valerie)

A closer look at the top of her tower (Photo by Valerie)

My main course is the Kulen Stone: Fish cake, sour beef soup, salad of baby shrimps and banana flower, chicken curry, jasmine rice with lemongrass flavor