Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner: The Untold Story

Under warm chandeliers, a chef in a white jacket stands between tables set for service, arms folded and smiling. The Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner will fill a room of that kind on Oct. 16. Two chefs from Siem Reap will cook side by side. An artist will paint beside them.

Inside the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner

The Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor sits on the doorstep of ancient Khmer archaeological sites. It is a luxury hotel, and this evening turns its attention to the plate. The hotel will host the Khmer Table and Canvas dinner, a four hands dinner Siem Reap guests can book. Both chefs are proudly rooted in the cultural heart of the city. Together they aim to celebrate the gastronomic heritage of Cambodia.

The meal is a five course dinner Cambodia diners can attend at the hotel's fine dining venue. The 1932 restaurant Siem Reap will host it, starting at 7 pm. The price is $75++ per person. Seats are limited, and the date is set for a single night. That makes it a focused Raffles hotel dining event rather than a long run.

Two Chefs and One Heritage

Chef Dorn Doeurt is the hotel's Executive Sous Chef and a Siem Reap native. He is an expert in authentic Khmer cuisine and modern gastronomy. His Khmer tasting menus at 1932, inspired by significant eras in Cambodian history, have earned praise. “It is a true honour to collaborate with Chef Seng Sothea,” he said. The line matters because it frames the dinner as a partnership, not a showcase for one kitchen.

Chef Seng Sothea comes from outside the hotel. For five years he has worked at his Siem Reap restaurant Mahob Khmer, and he now cooks at a new venue called Lum Orng. That restaurant is built around farm to table Cambodian cuisine. He grows much of his own produce in organic gardens and on a farm near Beng Mealea. His career has also taken him through Le Méridien in Siem Reap and the Grand Hyatt in Dubai.

Both chefs work to elevate traditional food and protect the country's Khmer culinary heritage. Much of that heritage was lost during the Khmer Rouge regime of the late 1970s. Their shared dinner is, in part, an act of recovery.

What Will Be on the Table

The menu names two standouts. One is a sous vide sea bass crusted with rice paddy herbs. It arrives with Amok velouté, coconut foam, and a mushroom and preserved soya bean casserole. The other is a roasted duck breast finished with Kulen honey. Beside it come eggplant caviar, morning glory, and a lemongrass and sour leaves gravy.

Together these dishes shape a Cambodian cuisine experience that blends tradition with modern technique. The other courses have not been detailed publicly. For anyone weighing luxury dining Cambodia has to offer, this Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner menu gives a clear picture of its direction. It also fits within Siem Reap fine dining at large.

Painting Each Course

The Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner adds a second art form to the table. Raffles Resident Artist Nou Sary will bring each course to life. This Nou Sary live painting will be inspired by the chefs' creations. Each piece will be made in real time through the evening.

The result is a live art dining experience, with culinary expression turned into visual art. When the ceramic artworks are complete, they will be available for purchase. Guests can therefore take something home beyond the memory of a meal. It also gives the hotel a lasting record of the night.

A Hotel With a Reputation

Recognition surrounds the venue. Travel + Leisure recently named the hotel one of the World's 500 Best Hotels. That Travel and Leisure 500 Best Hotels honour sits beside another. Together with its sister property, Raffles Hotel Le Royal in Phnom Penh, the hotel was voted among the top two city hotels in Cambodia. The ranking came in the Travel + Leisure Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2026.

For Cambodia luxury hospitality, those results carry weight. They also give context to the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor events calendar, where a dinner like this one can draw attention. Evenings of this kind connect to Cambodia food tourism, where the table becomes part of the journey. The list of luxury restaurants in Siem Reap is long, and this night adds a short, memorable entry.

Reservations can be made by calling +855 23 982 598 or through the hotel page on the Raffles official website. Readers curious about another hotel preparing for guests may enjoy this story on the Signia Hilton Indianapolis hotel opening.

The dinner will end, and the guests will walk out into the night. The Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor Four Hands Dinner lasts only one evening. What it points to lasts longer: a cuisine carried forward by cooks who grew up nearby, shown beside art made in the same hour. Guests will taste a story, and some will carry a piece of it home.