Cambodia & Initiative: KHEMA GO opens in Koh Norea

The express bakery-café network of the Thalias group sets up in the southeast of the capital, within a BVM Petroleum station.

Koh Norea is growing fast. Too fast, some would say. Buildings are rising, families are moving in, and businesses are following—sometimes ahead of infrastructure. It is in this constantly developing district that KHEMA GO has just opened its seventh Phnom Penh location, quietly nestled inside a BVM Petroleum station.

The concept is familiar: take Khéma quality—the brand, its pastries, its French cuisine—and fit it into an express format. A warm croissant in the morning, a baguette sandwich at noon, coffee between meetings. It works elsewhere; it will work here. The neighborhood needs it.

Why Koh Norea

The gas station is a deliberate choice. KHEMA GO has already done this in Boeung Kok and Olympic—two locations that perform well. The logic is simple: people stop to refuel and leave with a raisin pastry. No need to reinvent the concept, just be in the right place.

The interior is somewhat surprising. Expectations for a gas-station bakery are modest, yet the result is a clean, warm space—terracotta wood tones, green plants, blue seating. The refrigerated displays are well stocked: éclairs, entremets, pastéis de nata, baguette sandwiches. Open shelves overflow with bread. It is appetizing, organized, and smells inviting.

What this says about Khéma

Seven locations in a few years—that is a pace. The Thalias group is not just managing restaurants—it is building a distribution network for its baking expertise. Norodom, Flatiron, the two BVM sites, Soriya, Sen Sok, Koh Norea. The map of Phnom Penh is gradually filling in.

Behind each display case is the same team, the same standards. That may ultimately be the true value of KHEMA GO: no surprises, in the best sense of the term.

KHEMA GO Koh Norea — BVM Petroleum, Koh Norea district, Phnom Penh.