Cafe Noi — Restaurant in Sydney

There was a fiery discussion I read not too long ago about why pasta costs more at restaurants than Asian noodle dishes, but on a more positive note it got me thinking about a version of pasta I once tried called 'nui xào bò'. Have you seen it before? It's a Vietnamese pasta! My oldest cousin visited from Vietnam a few years ago and made it for our family brekky one time. It was my first time trying it, and I had initially thought it was some brilliant off-the-whim fusion she had come up with using any ingredient she could find in the fridge and pantry. Then I saw it again on a restaurant menu and realised it was actually a well-known dish in Vietnam! Certainly less commonly seen in Aus though. What on Earth does pasta have to do with Vietnamese cuisine? Well, just like any cross-cultural food phenomenon, you can probably trace the introduction of pasta to an important time interval. Most argue it was during French colonisation (about the same time we received the greatest creation of all time, the Bánh mì baguette 🥰). The word 'Nui' is a re-interpretation of the French word 'nouille', for noodles. Maybe the French showed them the European version of noodles and it stuck. Something like that. I'd love to be a travelling food historian when I'm retired with a comfortable superannuation one day, but I'm not there just yet so take it easy on me if I'm wrong 😜. Back to the food. The best versions I've had have been wok-tossed. The pasta has a dry-ish sauce, but it has a very rich base of tomato paste. Add in onions, fresh tomatoes, garlic and a bit of soy sauce and you can imagine the wonderful flavour that comes through. Everyone seems to do it a bit different. I've seen ground beef, peas and capsicum before. This version, at Cafe Noi in Cabramatta, uses scotch fillet and spinach. And despite being pan-cooked instead of a wok here, they seem to get this marvellous translucency to the pasta - a delight to eat. Get yourself an iced Bạc xỉu too. That is, a Vietnamese coffee with both condensed milk and fresh milk. You're at a cafe after all! The drip filtered coffee is what they're really known for here. 📍Cafe Noi,...

Had condense milk ice coffee there, they served CHEAP BITTER Vietnamese coffee, not Campos. What a disgraced! The guy just shrugged when I said I wanted to try condense milk Campos ice coffee. No apology. Nothing! What's the point of putting up: "Campos coffee serve here" sign? I did NOT mention I wanted Vietnamese ice coffee and they did NOT mention any replacement when I told them I wanted Campos coffee. THEY LIED!

Would you go into KFC and order non-fried food? I came there because they have the "Campos" sign and I wanted Campos coffee, not CHEAP BITTER Vietnamese coffee. I saw all of the customers there have the green Campos cup on their table, except mine. Which meant they all came for Campos, not other coffees. Their LIES doesn't add up!

It is ILLEGAL under the Australian Consumer Law to advertise one product and supply another to consumers. The ACCC can hand down heavy penalties to businesses that misled consumers.

I love Campos coffee and will go where they served ONLY Campos coffee. If they knew coffee why do they serve CHEAP BITTER coffees along side Campos there? $6.50 was a RIP OFF for CHEAP BITTER...

First time trying this cafe and was quite disappointed. We ordered a big breakfast and the beef macaroni pasta. To provide context, the surrounding tables around us only ordered drinks and there was only 1 other table that had ordered food (a sandwich and a croissant). Not to exaggerate but our food took literally 40mins. I had to go up not once but twice to ask where our food was. The second time going up I wanted to cancel my pasta but conveniently they had just finished cooking it. No apologies were made, nor an explanation as to why it took so long especially when the cafe wasn’t busy. I’m not one to write reviews but this was a really disappointing experience considering the cafe is rated...