Eating with the fishes

By far the best place to eat and drink was in a very stylish restaurant with great service and tables on a wooden three-sided dock that ran out in to the lake. The palm-leaf thatched roof was supported on polished branches of twisted strangler fig. Beautifully lit below with purple neon that reflected in the lake, a spotlight attracted fish into the middle of the dock dining area. Waiters periodically through bread into the water to create a mass of writhing, feeding fish that sounded like rats scuttling through a drain. It may not sound appetising but it was fun.

And the fod was awesome, inciting wows from both of us when our vegetarian kebabs were lifted with some effort on to the table by our waiter. Forget the thin, emaciated vegetable kebabs of summer barbecues. These were monsters, bracketed at either end by half onions and loaded with pineapple, tomato, potato and pepper. They were truly delicioso, muy rico and fantastico (just to prove I’ve learnt some Spanish while here).