In general, the South Thai food is known as very spicy. Most of the cuisine of this part is similar to Malay, Indonesian and Indian cuisine. Favorite dishes include curry in Indian style (Massaman) , rice noodles with fish and curry sauce (Khanom Jeen) and Chicken Biriani (Rice dish with chicken and spices).
As for the Lanta, then here you will quickly taste Delicious seafood At reasonable prices, this is why many tourists go here.
Mussels In different types - one of the favorite dishes and what is famous for the kitchen of the Krabi region.
Usually, mussels are eaten with sharp sauces. And another famous dish-fried Snails Spotted Babylon (Spotted Babylon) who live in mangrove forests - snails served with Chile and Basilica. You will definitely find these dishes in almost any Lanta Restaurant.
Restaurants in the beach zones of Lanta are called tourists with their shares and ice stands, in which the inhabitants of the sea "" familiarize themselves. Here you can find and try all sorts of different types of fish and seafood; Juicy crabs and lobsters, squid, mollusks, including giant oysters, and a variety of fish.
In addition to beach restaurants, which serves a delicious and inexpensive food of Thai cuisine and seafood dishes, there are snack bars near the tourist bungalows. In general, no guest will be hungry for sure.
Here is a couple of Lanta restaurants:
"Abdul's Pancakes" - In this vant, sell fragrant pancakes. Sweet (for example, with chocolate and banana) or salty (with chicken, especially delicious!), And others. Most often, this seller dwells in Saladan, on Moo 1, opposite the Lanta Diver (very well, especially for divers who return from trips, that is, in the area of 15:00).
"Baan Laanta Bay View Restaurant" Located in Cantiang Bay Bay. It serves a great fresh barbecue from seafood. Huge tiger shrimps, fresh squids, perch in abundance - all fish and seafood are catching in the same bay, and they will be prepared in any form clause. For example, baked potatoes and different salads (and with excellent sauces, which you can imagine). The usual menu is also excellent (if you are too lazy to invent dishes). The dishes are here from 100 baht, a little more expensive than in the roads in the roads, but with great comfort. The choice of juices is small. But the types of Cantiang Bay are very beautiful, and you can also ask a table on the beach. "Aqua Bar" is there - a cocktail bar with a variety of fresh and most interesting cocktails on the island: Try here Manga Daikiri and Margarita.
Cook Kai Located through the street from the beach of Clong Nin. Fully built of wood and beautifully decorated, with a spacious living room, bar and dining area under the open sky. This is a family restaurant where you can taste Thai cuisine from 140 baht.
"DRUNKEN SAILORS COFFEESHOP" Located at 116 Moo 5, Kantiang Bay, to Lanta Yai (on the main road - 100 m north of the store "7-11"). It works a cafe from 8:30 to 17:00 and from 18:30 to 21:00. A pretty cafe with a relaxed atmosphere that enthusiasm many tourists for some reason. It serves a variety of dishes of Thai and Western cuisine and hamburgers, and sometimes mixes from different kitchens of the world. In some way, this cafe worked for ten years and has long become a central life center in Cantiang Bay. Local residents and tourists love to hang here, sitting on the pillows and resting in the hammocks straight in the cafe. By the way, there is a good espresso!
"Faim de Loup" - French coffee shop, very cozy, in the middle of the island, not far from Long Beach. There is great to declare for breakfast a la "croissant and coffee" or a good lunch "Plat Du Jour". In the midst of the season there are excellent panini and salads. And here you can come to enjoy confectionery, or if you need a birthday cake. In short, if you suddenly wanted peace of France in the center of Thailand - please this is a cute cafe!
"Mary Ann's Bar & Restaurant" Located at Moo 1 in Saladan (next to the shop "7/11"). Interesting place to start here to your evening, well, or just have a snack. Good food and lively place, especially in the evening (and at the same time you can chat with Barmen and learn more about the nightlife in Lanta).
"Kampong Restaurant" Search at 80 Moo 5, Kantiang Bay, to Lanta Yai (on the main road, just pass 20 m hill from the store "7-11"). The cafe works from 9 am to 16:00 and from 18:30 to 22:00. A new spacious restaurant with an unusual decor with a cool atmosphere. On the tables and shelves here are books that can be read, or even exchange. The menu is quite small, but still a good selection of delicious dishes and drinks is a traditional Thai food, a couple of local southern Thai dishes, homemade hamburgers, a great steak of beef, sandwiches, breakfasts, fresh tea, coffee - Well, what else do you need? The restaurant also has free Wi-Fi. The dishes are there from 50 to 300 baht.
River Restaurant - Cute family restaurant on the beach south of Narima Resort. Absolutely delightful menu: many Thai dishes and a few western. And, of course, traditional pad ta. The restaurant is very popular among families, and the children of the owner adore to play with the children of tourists. Idyll!
"SPICES AND HERBS" Located on Moo 5, Kantiang Bay, to Lanta Yai (on the main road - we go a little bit from "7-11" (but almost opposite). It works from 9 am to about 9 pm. Excellent food at a modest price (80 Bat for the standard dish). There are also Western dishes - hamburgers, pizza and pasta. Also, this cafe offers culinary courses, when for 100 additional bats you will be helped to make some traditional Thai dish.
"Sunset Restaurant" - A small restaurant on the beach of Klong Tao near "D.R. Lanta Resort, "next door to" Mooks Bar ". Thai food here, perhaps the best on the beach of Klong Dao and very cheap! Tables stand right on the sand, there is no special decor in the restaurant, but all this is compensated by excellent views and a cool breeze from the sea.
"Thai Cuisine" - long-time favorite and tourists, and local. Look for it in Phra Ae to the south of the Night Club "Opium Night Club". The menu includes a wide selection of wonderful Thai and Chinese dishes. The restaurant works a small souvenir shop.