Surat Thani Restaurant Serves Medicinal Pork Leg Noodles
A Surat Thani restaurant serves pork leg noodles infused with 14 varieties of roasted Chinese medicinal herbs, combining traditional flavors with health benefits under the principle of food as medicine.
Reporter Thanapat Chirajint from Surat Thani visited Khrua Mukda restaurant to sample 'Kuaytiap Khaa Moo Yin Yang'—pork leg noodles stewed with 14 varieties of roasted Chinese herbs steeped in a braising pot. Using a carefully developed recipe, the pork achieves perfect tenderness with elastic skin and aromatic herbal infusion throughout the meat, delivering both delicious flavor and health-nourishing benefits since each herb ingredient carries specific medicinal properties.
Owner Kob Kan Sawat, 54, shared that she operates a sufficiency economy garden at home and enjoys working with medicinal plants. She created this dish following the principle of 'food as medicine' to help customers maintain and restore their health—a growing trend as more people seek nutritious meals. Though initially concerned customers might reject the Chinese medicine aroma, she was thrilled when numerous customers not only enjoyed it but returned many times to order again.
Beyond the noodle dish, the restaurant offers rice with medicinal pork leg and more than 20 additional menu items utilizing Chinese herbal broth, with prices starting at just 60 baht. Visitors coming to pay respects at the temple of Luang Pho Pattana Narote, the revered local teacher, can stop by Khrua Mukda at Wat Pattana Ram temple's food court to try the noodles and rice, or order medicinal pork legs for religious ceremonies. Contact: 06-2224-1591.
