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Ca Com

This venue is a finalist for best sandwiches in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Banh mi at Ca Com.
1 / 6Banh mi at Ca Com.Simon Schluter
Behind the scenes.
2 / 6Behind the scenes.Supplied
Another type of banh mi at Ca Com.
3 / 6Another type of banh mi at Ca Com.Simon Schluter
Noodles with chicken.
4 / 6Noodles with chicken. Simon Schluter
The sausage banh mi.
5 / 6The sausage banh mi.Simon Schluter
Making banh mi at Ca Com.
6 / 6Making banh mi at Ca Com.Simon Schluter

Vietnamese$

In a room dominated by a glimmering silver bench, busy staff dispatch banh misto metal trays. The food celebrates Australia yet is unapologetically Vietnamese-Laotian. The owners, also of polished Vietnamese restaurant Anchovy next door, invest the time to make their own cold cuts and fish sauce. A counterpoint to outdated concepts of what banh mi can be.

Must order: Pork belly banh mi, delivering layers of delicious complexity.

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