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Discover the essence of Cambodian cuisine with FarmHouse Resort & Spa’s new fine dining menu. Crafted by Chef Mariya Un Noun, this menu is a celebration of local flavors and culinary finesse. Join us for a dining experience where every dish tells a story of tradition and innovation, set against the tranquil backdrop of Cambodia’s picturesque landscapes. “I get the greatest pleasure when guests love what I cook,” Chef Mariya Un Noun once said. Her journey, like many in Cambodia, started in challenging circumstances. Sold by her parents and forced to work as a...

It’s a great honor for the Farmhouse Resort. At the “T+L Luxury Awards Asia Pacific”, presented for the first time to Cambodia as a destination, by the renowned travel magazine Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau, we appeared twice amongst the winners. It’s official: at the Travel Awards presented in Bangkok on June 5th, we were among the ten best Cambodians in the “Beach, Island + Upcountry Hotels” category. And in the “Hotel Spas” category, we are honored to be given this prize the first that it is awarded. Especially nice for us: The awards...

Anyone who comes to our Farmhouse Resort and Spa will immediately notice the many children in their colourful school uniforms who are out and about around the resort. They go to our school, which we would like to portray briefly here. The Farmhouse Resort and Spa is part of the unique Smiling Gecko campus, of which our school is undoubtedly the centerpiece. Opened in 2017 as the “SGC HISF Education Campus” for 140 children, we are already teaching around 480 children by August 2023. Our goal is to take in 50 more children every year until we have reached the maximum size of 1,000...

In our first blog post, we would like to introduce Mariya Un Noun. The head chef at the Famhouses Resort and Spa, whose story stands for the Smiling Gecko concept like no other. The top Swiss chef Andreas Caminada (3 Michelin stars) is her personal sponsor, she also had the privilege of cooking with other heroes, such as Franck Giovanni (3 stars): Mariya Un Noun, our head chef at the Farmhouse Resort and Spa. At only around 1.50m tall, she is probably one of the most delicate top bosses in the world, but she is also definitely the most determined. Because one thing is clear:...