So Kheang

Kep


This tatty looking crab shack manages to have both the cheapest and the tastiest crab at the crab market. Unlike many others, it doesn't add curry to it Kampot-pepper crab, so the flavour of the pepper dominates (as it should). The one fuss is that it tends to close early, especially in low season.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kep attractions

1. Kep National Park

0.45 MILES

The interior of Kep peninsula is occupied by Kep National Park, where an 8km circuit, navigable by foot, mountain bike, or motorbike, begins behind…

2. Kep Beach

0.69 MILES

This is Kep's only proper beach, although it wasn't always that way. In the prewar period, powder-white sand was trucked in from other beaches. This…

4. Kep Butterfly Garden

1.07 MILES

This small and beautifully kept flower-filled garden is home to myriad butterflies. You can cycle or motorbike here – drive about 300m past the Rabbit…

5. Giant Crab Statue

1.09 MILES

This oversized statue of a crab, sitting just offshore, proudly shows off what Kep is most famed for.

6. Wat Samot Raingsey

1.1 MILES

This very modest Buddhist temple sits at the beginning of a trailhead into Kep National Park that leads past some small pagodas, a nunnery and onto the…

7. Coconut Beach

1.47 MILES

This 'beach' has dining platforms and food shacks, but not really any sand as such. It begins a few hundred metres southeast of Kep Beach, just past the…

8. Wat Samathi

1.57 MILES

Sitting atop a hill overlooking Kep, this tranquil wat has gorgeous views over the coast. You can take the off-shooting 'Samathi Path' from the main Kep…