Fairfield’s best Asian food: best food finds in southwest Sydney
A NEW generation of creative chefs is diversifying Fairfield’s famed food scene by adding their modern touch to a region best known for its traditional cuisine. We are rounding up the best Asian food you can find in southwest Sydney’s food capital.
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A NEW generation of creative chefs is diversifying Fairfield’s famed food scene by adding their modern touch to a region best known for its traditional cuisine.
We are rounding up the best Asian cuisine you can find in southwest Sydney’s food capital.
Fat Panda
If you’ve ever wanted to go to a sushi restaurant where they know your name and your order, Fat Panda is the place to be.
The modern Japanese restaurant in Canley Heights has a sushi train and a made-to-order menu that fuses traditional Japanese cuisine with a European touch, from head chef Diep Dinh’s French training.
The made-to-order scorched salmon is a popular choice among Fat Panda regulars, as well as the kingfish and salmon aburi, Peking duck rolls and pan-friend salmon with green tea soba noodles.
Green Peppercorn
Tucked away inside the unassuming Fairfield Hotel is a restaurant serving up fresh, family-style traditional meals from the Laotian and Thai traditions.
Green Peppercorn is beloved by locals and visitors alike for its thoroughly authentic food, served in a comfortable dining room in the heart of Fairfield.
The sweet sticky rice parcels are packed with rice soaked overnight to balance the cream, sweetness and saltiness.
The nem khao (a crunchy rice salad) is another popular, aromatic traditional Laotian dish.
Pho Tau Bay
The crowds flocking to Pho Tau Bay are all the evidence you need – this is the place to get pho in Cabramatta.
Fresh chillies, lime, Vietnamese mint and rich beef broth make up the traditional dish on offer at the popular local restaurant.
It’s fast, it’s fresh – and you probably won’t want to go anywhere else for pho.
Holy Basil
Canley Heights is the suburb that never shuts down – and Holy Basil is the place to get your late-night Laotian fix.
The Laotian-Thai restaurant’s signature dish is fresh crispy snapper with mango salad – a fresh large snapper fried and served on a bed of green mango salad (or green apples when out of season) dressed with Holy Basil’s dressing.
Other hit dishes include ox tongue, Laos pork sausages, crispy chicken and banana blossom salad, and calamari salad.
District 8
An amazing food precinct at a suburban club allows diners to traverse the diverse and abundant tastes of Asia in one venue.
District 8 at Cabra-Vale Diggers has an extensive menu that honours and reimagines the culinary roots of South-East Asian cuisine.
Meals on offer include char kway teow (stir-fried rice cake strips), tom yum soup (hot and sour soup), pad thai (stir-fried rice noodles), xiao long bae (pork dumplings) and Penang prawn noodle soup.
It also includes Malaysian seafood laksa, preserved egg with pulled pork congee, roasted crispy pork belly, roasted crispy Cantonese duck, jellyfish salad, slow poached Hainan chicken rice, roti paratha, beef Massaman curry and satay skewers.
Broken rice, salt-crusted barramundi, crispy silver fish green mango salad, Thai papaya salad, juices and bubble teas are also among the exhaustive list of options on offer at the elaborate dining precinct.