Vinh Phat is THE yum cha institution in Cabramatta. Many will remember when they were at their original smaller location on the same road – for some reason, the dark red colour of the interior is my main recollection of that location, outside of the food. However, the consistency of their yum cha over time cannot be rivalled.
To keep this brief, because well, if you haven’t been to Vinh Phat yet, you really should hurry up and go (though watch out for the lines from about 11AM on the weekend), I’m going to focus on the key dishes that place the Vinh Phat yum cha food a notch above most other yum cha places including the Phoenix branches.
- Steamed prawn rice noodle rolls (pictured above) – the Vinh Phat noodle rolls are the softest and silkiest I’ve had at any yum cha place. Pretty much all other yum cha restaurants will have this dish but will fail at the dish due to hard rice noodle rolls
- Seafood and bean curd spring rolls with plum sauce (pictured above) – this has just the right level of greasiness with a juicy prawn and scallop filling
- Har gow aka steamed prawn dumplings (pictured below) – the real test is just how soft and chewy that skin is which is a test that Vinh Phat has passed every time I’ve had this dish
- Not pictured as I didn’t eat it this most recent time but they have this amazing deep fried flaky pastry with durian filling which I’ve never had at any other restaurant. Durian lovers out there will absolutely walk away thinking wowsers. It’s almost too rich to enjoy more than 1 (okay, maybe 2) but I definitely regret not eating it this time around!
Details: Vinh Phat, 12/10 Hughes St, Cabramatta NSW 2166
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