Half a world separates Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, from Long Beach. But there is one thing that connects them: the expertly prepared food at each city's Cambodian Town Food and Music by Sophy's. The restaurant's owners—Cambodia natives themselves—have kept ties with their home country in very real ways by serving Cambodian and Thai cuisine in both locations over the last 14 years. They stir-fry noodles with tender bites of meat, craft spicy curries that awaken every taste bud, and serve slightly sweet desserts such as sticky rice with mango. One of their signature dishes is panang salmon, which they bathe in a red curry sauce studded with kaffir lime leaves, creating a dish that's more complex than string theory explained entirely in pig Latin.