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Lee Tran Lam

Lee Tran Lam

Lee Tran Lam writes about food for Good Food.

Lee Tran Lam

Egg and vegetable kottu roti.
13.5/20

Don’t miss the ‘chopped roti’ dish at this Sri Lankan eatery in western Sydney

Chef Ceylon’s kottu roti crackles with deep-fried curry leaves and coconut shreds.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Splitting a matcha flavoured daifuku with a piece of string at Sydney Daifuku Store.

‘Vault-cracking delight’: Split your mochi with a piece of string at this hidden Japanese cafe

Sydney Daifuku Store’s filled sweets and Comission Coffee’s drinks will cure your wish-I-was-in-Japan blues.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Dry chilli chicken.

India meets Chinatown in this chicken dish that’s not to be missed

Up-and-coming chef Ahana Dutt offers an inviting crash course in Bengali cuisine at Kolkata Social.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Flora’s friendliness is so outsized, it ends up embracing everyone.
Good Food hat15/20

A second hat in a month for the Continental Deli crew in Newtown – and this time it’s vego

Sure, Flora’s menu is designed for vegetarians but the venue’s friendliness is so outsized, it ends up embracing everyone.

  • Lee Tran Lam
From left: Black sesame and Vietnamese yoghurt and sugarcane and calamansi sorbet.

‘The most refreshing scoop’: Visiting this dessert parlour is like taking a tropical holiday

Cabramatta dessert parlour Kreamu is a trove of flavours such as pink dragonfruit and longan, purple soursop and jackfruit.

  • Lee Tran Lam
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Vegetarian dorilocos in a Flaming Hot Doritos bag.

Chip bags turned into portable bowls are the hot order at Abe’s Comida

The Leichhardt kitchen is filling Doritos packets with lime, guacamole and slow-cooked meat as per Mexican street-food tradition.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Mamuki’s mango matcha smoothie epitomises social-media thirst

This serene inner west cafe is a must-visit for all matcha fans

Strawberry matcha lattes are all well and good, but how about a mango matcha smoothie?

  • Lee Tran Lam
The unmissable yia yia’s potatoes.

Don’t miss the zingy lemon potatoes – and rat-a-tat energy – at this generous Newtown cafe

Oven-warm pita sandwiches and Greek-Cypriot bowls are all under $20 at Myra’s Kitchen on King Street.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Tchouktchouka and eggs.

Like shakshuka? You’ll love this cafe’s sizzling Tunisian version tchouktchouka

The dishes of Tunisia,Morocco and Algeria are brought to life with love.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Mirza ghasemi (eggplant and tomato) tahdig sandwich.

This prized dish is often fought over, but here the crispy rice is twice as nice, and all yours

Saffron-hued Tida Persian Food serves the crisp-bottomed tahdig in sandwich form, no sharing required.

  • Lee Tran Lam

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