The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, once known as S21 Prison, is a somber reminder of the atrocities committed during the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1979. During this dark period in Cambodian history, food scarcity was widespread, and starvation was a tool used by the regime to control and punish. The prisoners of S21 were given minimal food, often watery rice porridge, and the nutrition was barely enough to sustain life. This tragic past starkly contrasts with Cambodia's rich culinary heritage, which has been influenced by the country's history, including French colonialism and its neighbors, Thailand and Vietnam.