Let’s move the orchard to kitchen at Chanthara’s restaurant

                      Thai cooking has been renowned for their varieties which follow to culture and surroundings in its regions; however the uniqueness that everyone found in every dish is the integration of local resources, created to be the delightful Thai recipe.

pork curry with Grains	deep in color
Muslim curry with durian	Look!  That’s durian flesh

                                   Also in the eastern part of Thailand has known for various tropical fruits, which is savored in diverse and prominent Thai cooking for the eastern. 

Guarantee!	Welcome to Chanthara restaurant
Chanthara’s products Guttiferae(Canned pork Curry and Salacca in syrup)	Aunties Phichit with her products

                       Because of humid-hot and much rain in this area especially in Chanthaburi, there are large area of plentiful and diverse fruit plants and herbs such as Amomum, Diospyos (Persimmon), Curcuma, Boswellia, wild  almond, cinnamon, Cardamom and the famous one, Garcinia  cowa or Guttiferae(Cha-muang), which is the main ingredient of today’s special dish.
 

Foreign teacher who really love Thai food	Pork curry with Garcinia
Here all our order, let’s get a bite to eat	Crowded in every space

                                   As you may have already guessed, Moohin.com would like to show you the finery local cuisine in the eastern of Thailand. It’s called “Chanthara restaurant”, in Chanthaburi province, which is renowned for pork curry with Guttiferae( (Gang-Moo-Cha-Muang) and also various savoury fruit-made recipe such as mangosteen Thai salad. 

This is Durian (as Papaya) Salad

Look so yummy!! Fresh durian

                       Today we’re going to talk to Aunties Phichit, the original of yummy Pork curry with Guttiferae, Chanthara restaurant. She told that Pork curry with Guttiferae is the popular menu among the eastern from Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat. But the most excellent and concentrated curry is only in Chanthaburi. The olds said that this recipe has created for hundred  years, not only being as the top menu in merit-making festival, marriage and every festivals, but it also spent really long time to cook it until they got the ultimately delicious pork curry. At Chanthara restaurant, aunties brought this recipe and method from her forefathers, it’s so called the ancient Chan city style of original Pork curry with Guttiferae( . When Moohin.com saw this colorful curry in the bowl is consisting of Guttiferae’s leaves which is mixed with pork, it made us mouth-watering; that’s the reason why we can guarantee. This curry scent is different from other curries because of special character of herb in Chanthaburi, Guttiferae’s leaf (Bai-Cha-muang). The thick curry was extremely tasty with sweet, salty and little sour, especially having it with warm cooked-rice.
 

Foreigner really love Mangosteen Thai salad	Sure! You could have done all of them only in a day
another top menu is mangosteen Thai salad	fresh mangosteen and giant shrimp

                       The secret of this pork curry is aunties Phichit ‘s  volition and concern because this recipe take over-night  to make it special, Chef need to be patient, that’s why Chanthara Restaurant  has to simmer all curry powder, pork and Guttiferae all day, then leave it about a night. So it comes to be the appetizing pork curry.

                                  Before serving, they will warm it one more time. This step will make the curry more thick and tasty. Moreover, the pork, used in this recipe, is the three-layered pork meat which comes from rump part. So it is not too soft but it is well-gooey. About curry powder, it must in enough amounts for volume of curry. Talking about Guttiferae leaf, it has not to be too green and too old, that’s sour taste of its leaf. Aunties recommended that it’s important secret that it has to be left over-night, hence it will be more yum.

red curry with grilled duck	Looks so appetizing?
Top dessert menu, so called Salacca in syrup	Look at it! So yummy color of Sala fruit

                       The freshest-of-fresh fruits can create another amazing recipe that Moohin.com would recommend is Mangosteen Thai salad. 

                                  Chicken muslim curry with durian is special dish as well because it has sweet scent of durian and its taste also bring softened-sweet and a bit salty in Thai style. One more menu is Durian papaya salad which mix harmoniously between fruits and giant dried-shrimps. Moving on to the next tempting dish, Red curry with Grilled-duck, is the unique Thai fusion food which bring grilled-duck and red curry together. However the secret of this recipe at Chanthara is to add fresh Rambutan into this red curry, so it could multiply its sweet on this curry which balances all tastes in itself.
 
 

-       Country style curry with SILVER SILLAGO

Take home, please	Chili paste for Thai noodle fried (Pad-Thai
Healthy drinks	Durian wrapped in leaves (Meiang)

                       And the desserts are something special too, this time prepared by the talented aunties Phichit. Personally recommended is the Sala fruits in syrup (topping with grinding ice), which is a decadent dessert for any fruit lover that just cannot be missed.

                                   At Chanthara restaurant there also are various kinds of souvenirs and OTOP products such as Pork curry with Garcinia in cans and in packs, Chili-paste for Thai noodle fried in bottles, Chicken muslim curry in packs etc. Additionally, for the processed fruit products are Durian crispy chips with chocolate-coated, durian crispy crackers, durian fried chip, durian wrapped in leaves, and many more local sweets, processed seafood products, peppers, and another processed food. For some beauty stuffs are also available here such as handbags, pillows and mats. For customers who loves healthy juice, they also have Mangosteen juice, brown-rice juice,  macropodum juice(Sam-rong), Jambolan juice(Look-wa) etc. 

 

Crispy durian chips with chocolate-coated	Preserved durian in pack
various products!!	souvenirs
Processed fruits	OTOP products of Chanthaburi province

                        Chanthara Restaurant is located near Kasensaan Hotel. If you’d like to stay longer than a day trip and enjoy food leisurely, you can book and stay at this hotel as well. Not only is it near many tourist attraction sites such as city shrine, Taak-sin shrine and Taak-sin Dockyard. Lately, you also can be freshened and relax at Priaw waterfall, just only 20 minutes away by car.Finally, you can go to sing cape beach (Lam-sing), just nearby the waterfall.   

 

Absolutely clean shop	Spacious front area of restaurant and near the main road
Herbal juice in can, good for health	New released!!Mangosteen in syrup

 

How to get there                Located at 102/5-8 Benchamarachutid rd.,  Tambon Wat-mai, city district, Chanthaburi Province. Or you can call 039-302350, 039-312339 for the information and way to go to their place because aunties Phichit is so kind! Opening: 9.00-22.00 in everyday except the second Tuesday of every month. The way to this restaurant is so easy because it is located beside the main road in Chanthaburi city. After you reach to the downtown of this city, turns left and then go straight to Kasemsaan Hotel, and then pass through 3 inter-sections until you reach to the junction which can direct you to the outskirt. This restaurant is on the left of the hotel and near that junction. There is large car park and really convenient.

recommended!! Mangosteen juice	Thai ancient sweets
	OTOP products of this province
Wow lots of tables!	The original herbal juice (only @ Chanthaburi city)
This is processed seafood.	durian crackers!!

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