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Cabramatta

Viet Hoa Hot Bread is a 24-hour bakery.

Craving a pork roll at three in the morning? This is the place

Banh mi isn’t in short supply in Sydney’s Vietnamese heartland, but what sets Viet Hoa apart is its crusty bread and generous fillings.

  • David Matthews
Hoa Hung’s soft-set tofu pudding with ginger syrup.

A tofu pudding so good, it’s got people queueing for it

The soft-set tofu pudding can be served sweet with ginger syrup or savoury with soy sauce and fried shallots.

  • David Matthews
Sisters Trang Nguyen-Vu and Anh-Thu Vu who help run the family business.

Get a rare glimpse behind the counter of top Sydney producers with new food tours

Cabramatta’s banh mi institute Vinata’s Hot Bread, Granville’s El Sweetie and Lakemba’s Paldo Kimchi are some of the venues involved, with tours from $10.

  • Erina Starkey
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
Spring rolls and sugar cane prawns at Phu Quoc in Cabramatta.
Critics' Pick

Phu Quoc

Evergreen favourite with a perennial queue.

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Com Ga Ba Nga Hoi An in Cabramatta.
Critics' Pick

Com Ga Ba Nga Hoi An

Hoi An-style chicken specialist.

The crispy chicken rice at Battambang.
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Battambang

Beloved community eating houses run by a Khmer family.

Crispy chicken with dry egg noodles.

Tan Viet Noodle House

Ga da don, crisp-skin chicken, is the speciality at this Cabramatta eating house.

Viet Hoa Hot Bread.

Breakfast noodles to all-hours banh mi: The Good Food guide to Sydney’s Vietnamese heartland

You’ll never go hungry in Cabramatta, home to celebrated grocers and restaurants. David Matthews shares the essential stops along John Street.

  • David Matthews
Phu Quoc's spring rolls: get them while they're hot.

Phu Quoc's spring rolls: get them while they're hot

If you only visit one place in Cabramatta, make it Phu Quoc for the spring rolls.

  • Andrew Levins

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