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Sombai (from – "some rice, please") is a liqueur manufacturer in
The Sombai liqueurs were created in 2012 initially from
Official Sombai website
Liqueurs Cambodian brands Food and drink companies of Cambodia
Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...
founded in 2012. Its beverages have become a national drink of Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
and symbolic of Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...
. Sombai is one of the most popular brands in Cambodia.
Products
The Sombai liqueurs were created in 2012 initially from rice wine
Rice wine is an alcoholic beverage fermentation, fermented from rice, traditionally consumed in East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, where rice is a quintessential staple crop. Rice wine is made by the fermentation of rice starch, during wh ...
by the Mauritian Joëlle Jean-Louis and her husband Lionel Maitrepierre drawing inspiration from the Cambodian traditional infused rice wine ''sraa tram'' (). The Sombai bottles are hand-painted. There are 10 different flavours which are always a combination of 2 fruits or spices.
It is usually consumed either neat or on the rocks. Sombai infused rice wines is also an ingredient in several Cambodian cocktails such as Asana Sling, Lemon Lemongrass Tini, Sombai Blue, Sombai Fizz, Siem Reap Monsoon, and Sombai Sour. Several leading establishments in Siem Reap sell Sombai rice wine and its cocktails and use it in their cooking, such as Chef Pol Kimsan at Embassy and the Park Hyatt or as a gift at Raffles Angkor.
Production workshop
In 2014, a Sombai workshop and tasting parlour was set up in the artist Leang Seckon's house, and has become a tourist attraction in town. After 2022, Sombai relocated closer to the city centre and set up their workshop in a traditional wooden house in the Wat Damnak area.References
External links
{{CommonscatOfficial Sombai website
Liqueurs Cambodian brands Food and drink companies of Cambodia