Tag Archives for vietnamese
A basic Footscray food crawl (of sorts)
Since I moved to Footscray about 18 months ago, I get a lot of questions about where to eat; specifically, where to get good Vietnamese food. It’s understandable, I guess, as there are a lot of options, so it’s hard … Continue reading
Miss Chu
297 Exhibition St Shop 2, Melbourne Phone: 9077 1097 I don’t want to dwell on the Melbourne/Sydney thing too much. Because apparently only Melbourne people do that, due to a chip on our collective shoulder about being the second largest, … Continue reading
Pho Phi Truong
255 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine Ph: 9311 6522 It’s taken me about a year since I moved out West, but I’ve finally started exploring beyond Footscray. It took this long partly because I’m lazy, but also it’s something of a testament … Continue reading
Cong Tu Bac Lieu
Shop 4 Westville Central Shopping Centre, 62 Nicholson St, Footscray Phone: 9004 1781 As a foodblogger, I get a little jaded sometimes; especially when it comes to Vietnamese food, because I live in the Vina Mecca that is Footscray. The vast … Continue reading
Lunch with Nanna, at Truong Tien
246 Springvale Rd, Springvale Phone: 9548 0707 It’s not often I head as far South East as Springvale. When you live in the West, you don’t often head all the way across town unless you have a good reason. I … Continue reading
Sen
74-76 Nicholson St, Footscray Phone: 9687 4450 There’s been a lot of buzz about new restaurants opening in Melbourne lately. The Age had an article about a slew of new places opening, giving a bit of a guide to the … Continue reading
Bun bo Hue at Thien An
32 Irving St, Footscray Phone: 9687 0398 When I was a uni student – which is appallingly a decade ago – one of my close friends was dating a Vietnamese guy who lived in Altona. To be honest, I never … Continue reading
Vivid Star
11o Hopkins St, FootscrayPhone: 9689 1888 This one’s for the Nagoya Ramen Ninja. He complained that my posts of late have been too far flung, and I’m not doing my duty as a Footscravian food blogger. So it’s time I … Continue reading
Bun Rieu at Bo De Trai
94 Hopkins St, FootscrayPhone: 9689 9909 Back when I was living in Sai Gon, my housemate was a pescetarian/vegaquarian/whatchamacallit-fish-n-vegies-eater. Which isn’t all that hard to maintain in Viet Nam, but it does take a little vigilance, especially when it comes … Continue reading
A tale of two of cha cas – Dong Que vs. Sapa Hills
This was something of an unexpected battle. Mostly because I wasn’t aware that any place in Melbourne served cha ca thang long other than Sapa Hills, but also, because I didn’t expect to have it twice on consecutive nights! Cha … Continue reading