Khao Sok food guide
Khao Sok food is known for a short morning market and raft kitchens on the lake. It fits a village breakfast, then a night on the water.
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The Highway 401 village feeds you before the boat. Curry pots run about 06:30 to 09:00 at 40 to 80 THB. Pawn opens at 10:00. Lab Roi Et, near the park gate, runs to 22:00.
Cheow Lan meals are cooked on the raft. Buy fruit and duck at Ban Ta Khun, 06:00 to 16:00, if you want food in the boat bag. For the lake map use Khao Sok.
Specialties
- Ban Ta Khun Day Market
- Village Morning Market
- Pawn Restaurant
- Lab Roi Et
- Coco Bakery
- Rafflesia Cafe
- Cheow Lan Raft Kitchens
Ban Ta Khun Day Market ตลาดบ้านตาขุน
Ban Ta Khun day market is known for roast duck, fruit, and curries at the Highway 401 turnoff for Ratchaprapha Pier. It fits a stop on the way to the lake, from 06:00 to 16:00. Ban Ta Khun day market is the named start. Market plates; van from the airport 200 to 400 THB.
Village Morning Market ตลาดเช้าเขาสก
The Khao Sok village morning market is known for rice soup and southern curry over rice. It fits a 06:30 to 09:00 breakfast at 40 to 80 THB, before the restaurant strip wakes up. Khao Sok village morning market is the named start. 40 to 80 THB.
Pawn Restaurant ร้านปอน
Pawn is a long-running Thai and Western room in Ban Khlong Sok. It fits a village dinner from 10:00 to 21:00 if you missed the morning market. Pawn Restaurant is the named start. Above the 40 to 80 THB morning market.
Lab Roi Et ลาบร้อยเอ็ด
Lab Roi Et is known for Isan plates near the national park gate in Ban Khlong Sok. It fits a som tum and grilled-meat lunch from 10:00 to 22:00. Lab Roi Et is the named start. Isan plates; morning market is 40 to 80 THB.
Coco Bakery โคโค่เบเกอรี่
Coco Bakery is the early village cafe at 389/1 Moo 6. It fits a 07:30 start if the morning market pots are not the breakfast you want. Coco Bakery is the named start. Cafe sitting; market breakfast 40 to 80 THB.
Rafflesia Cafe ราฟเฟิลเซีย
Rafflesia Cafe is the early table in front of Riverfront Resort. It fits a 07:30 to 20:30 sitting in Ban Khlong Sok when you want a cafe rather than curry pots. Rafflesia Cafe is the named start. Cafe; market plates 40 to 80 THB.
Cheow Lan Raft Kitchens อาหารแพเชี่ยวหลาน
Cheow Lan raft houses are known for their own kitchens on the water. It fits an overnight on the lake, after a longtail from Ratchaprapha Pier. Raft-house kitchens, Cheow Lan Lake is the named start. Longtail 1,800 to 2,500 THB; meals cooked on the raft.
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- Where is breakfast?
- Village centre, 06:30 to 09:00, often 40 to 80 THB. Coco Bakery opens at 07:30.
- Dinner on the lake?
- At the raft house. You will not ride back to the village at night.