What the late, great Amy Chanta started in 1989 in Haymarket continues in an array of venues across Sydney. Swing past the Circular Quay, Chatswood or Neutral Bay outposts run by Chanta’s daughter Palisa Anderson, and that same intensity of flavour endures in dishes, from spicy som dtum through to fragrant salted mackerel fried rice.

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