Huai Krathing Reservoir

Initially created for irrigation purposes, the lake is now a recreation area that mainly draws locals looking to kick back and relax.

On the western shore, a couple of countryside kitchens cook authentic Isaan fare and deliver it to your own floating pavilion. With open sides and thatch roofs, the salas floats on pontoons and come with straw mats and a few old pillows. In the traditional way, eating is done while sitting on the floor.

If you order fish, a live one will be plucked from a netted-off corner of the lake, and many of the veggies are grown here as well. No English is spoken and the menu is only in Thai, so be sure to bring a phrasebook if you don't know your way around Isaan cuisine. The massive portions are usually served with a big basketball of Khao niao (sticky rice).

In addition to staples like tam tam (green papaya salad), laap (spicy salad with minced chicken, pork or duck) and suup-naw-mai (bamboo shoot salad), you can order the frightening but delicious kueng ten ("dancing shrimp "salad", which blends still jumping (or dancing) mini freshwater prawns with mint, chilli and other spices. If it's a mouthful of live, feisty prawns doesn't sound appealing, ask for kueng nawn, or "sleeping shrimp," instead.

The lake is embraced on all sides by dense teak and bamboo forest, the only buildings being the rickety restaurants and floating huts. Visitors can arrange tours by longtail boat for 300 baht for an hour. A narrow road winds along with the lake and opens to viewpoints with roofed pavilions that are great for picnics.




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