Income is Welcome

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Establishments adjacent to a palace are usually gentrified – but in Cambodia you’ll find noodle shops and a car wash mixed with more pricey establishments like the one pictured here. (Apparently just opening up.)

I thought the name summed up the ‘get rich quick’ desire fueling the property boom and growth issues here. When I returned with my camera a monk was begging for alms.

Some things change, some things stay the same.

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2 Responses to “Income is Welcome”

  1. Erik Davis says:

    The name in English is funny. The name in Khmer-lish is even funnier, for the letters they’re using to transliterate Come are “Kham”, which means “to bite.” So it’s “Come in” and “Bite.” Which is, of course, exactly what people do with restaurants (except that Kham is not an eating word, just a biting one).

  2. Jinja says:

    Perhaps ‘See You’ (eat you) Bistro will be next.

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