Bau Truong *UPDATED*

This spot has rapidly become my go-to spot when I’m sick, hung-over or otherwise avoiding scoping new restaurants. Though their menu is monumental, I feel like my last four visits have given me a good overview. My go-to hot day dishes are the Smoked Duck ($20) slices accompanied by seasonal fruit salad, or the same bird cooked in five spice then served in a Pickled Lotus Stem Salad ($20). They’re awfully good at knowing when to stop whilst cooking squid – it’s best grilled Fishing Village-Style with Chilli and Garlic ($24) against the honey pleasure of Murray’s Angry Men Pale Ale ($9). Half the fun of Vietnamese is wrapping stuff with fresh greens and lightly pickled carrot: Bo La Lot ($12) lets you play with char-grilled cylinders of tasty minced beef and wild betel leaf; or there’s my usual fallback – Sugarcane Prawn ($15). If wrapping ain’t your forte, pre-done pork and prawn rolls in mustard greens, Cuon Diep ($12), come with an addictive chicken liver sauce. Put your palate back together with the Frozen Pyramid ($12), layering three flavours of sorbet, including zingy chilli passionfruit; or sink into my favourite, Chuoi Nuong ($12). This sinful combination of sweet caramelised banana with salty coconut sauce is guaranteed to cure almost any ill…

Bau Truong
185 Marrickville Road, Marrickville
Ph: (02) 9569 4938 bautruong.com.au
Vietnamese $$