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Sagesex is always there for you when it’s time to determine the best things in the world. Just like all other things, old temples must be compared in a fair way. Until today there was no reliable, scientific method for that. But now sagesex presents the new popular sport temple tasting. Because only its taste can safely decide the quality of a temple. And only quality brings fun.

1. Angkor Wat

Let us start with the supposedly best and biggest temple in the world. Where should you start sampling in that? In order to ensure a maximally accurate comparison of the temples, we decided on an ornament that appears in all the temples we tested. The one that would offer the most rewarding tasting experience in my professional opinion. So it was that in the last minute the hot candidate lion’s ass fell through against the bust of an Apsara (tempel dancer). After all, we have to live up to our name.

So how does Angkor Wat taste? Impeccable! Smooth and round on the palate, almost imperceptible repulsiveness, hardly any crumbs, sand, or decay. Clear and well-defined. Astonishing after 800 years. This temple can indeed be recommended to every serious temple taster. But is this all there is? What can the competition do?

2. Ta Prohm

This decayed jungle temple is a perfect allegory for the vanity of all being. Andreas Gryphius would have been ecstatic. Maybe it’s also popular because Tomb Raider was shot here. Now how does it taste? Astonishing – the taste perfectly mirrors the decay! Repulsiveness and rancidity, as well as the crumbling sandstone leave an unpleasing, dusty old aftertaste on the tongue. The optimum consumption time for this temple is clearly over. Only for enthusiastic connaisseurs and fans of neglected aging.

3. Phnom Krom

Pnohm Krohm is the outsider in our tempel tasting test. It’s not in the Angkor park proper, but on a hill on the other side of Siem Reap. That is why it offers an enchanting view onto the huge Tonle Sap lake and the setting sun. The temples themselves are original and majestic, too. However, we’re not here for the view. Outer beauty is ubiquitous. The taste is what counts.

The huge mildew spots on the only Apsara on the temple that has not yet been stolen don’t make for high hopes. Indeed, the repulsiveness of this breast is enormous. Sandy and stale it spreads on the tongue and I was anxious to get rid of the aftertaste. Ew! Disgusting! This temple is no good in terms of taste.

Result

The Sagesex Angkor Temple Tasting yields a clear picture: The fame of Angkor Wat is deserved. No other temple tastes so fresh and so clean. While Ta Prohm might constitute some kind of specialty for friends of decay, Pnohm Krohm can only be recommended to perverted mildew fetishists. We’re glad we haven’t paid for this one. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to taste Bayon, the central tempel that to me seems clearly ahead in terms of holiness. If one of you ever happens to get the chance, we look forward to a tasting report.

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