According to our Lonely Planet, before the Khmer Rouge took over, in France no self-respecting chef or restaurant would be without Kampot's precious pepper. After this meal, I could see why. We had been hearing about how great the crab was in Kampot since before we left and had been anxious to try it since we arrived. It is all incredibly fresh, coming over from a small town about 20kms away whose name I do not recall and do not wish to search through the travel blog to find. The Jasmine, a restaurant owned by a mixed couple, the man a US citizen and the woman Vietnamese, looked like the best place and as it was our 2 year anniversary, we wanted to splurge a little (dinner ended up costing a whopping $30usd). We both got the crab with Kampot green pepper and were well pleased. It was delicous. The pepper was not overwhelmingly spicey but rather slightly sweet and soft, almost like capers. Even after all the crab was picked clean, we continued to fish out the peppercorns to eat on their own, that is how good they were. The crabs themselves were a little smaller than I would've liked and we were not made entirely full, but what meat there was was succulent and perfectly cooked. My only complaint is the amount of meat to be had and with that in mind, I gave the meal 4 forks.
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