Finding a little Japanese Restaurant amongst all the Vietnamese food in the suburb of Cabramatta means I'm automatically curious. Will it be good or will it fall short? While my parents immediately assumed it would be bad they too were curious and we gave this all a go on our Saturday night dinner. The large pictures and deals on the window attracted us and the intimate and dim lighting welcomed us in.








The interior and ambience is quite perfect for our dinner as I love the Japanese decorations and how quiet and spacious it is. We're also amused by how realistic the brick wallpaper looks. It's quite empty on this night but usually when I walk past Teinoya's Garden during the day time, I find they pull quite a decent amount of diners!


Service is friendly and we're immediately handed out menu's, water and an ordering form the moment we sit down. Love the idea of the ordering form because it means no awkward interactions such as when the waiter/waitress waits for your party to make an order yet you all have no idea what the menu even has on it. It really allows you to take your time and write down any notes for the kitchen if you have those special requests.

The menu turns out to be quite simple with items such as ramen, udon and rice offered with your choice of meat, e.g. pork katsu, teriyaki chicken, karate, etc. In terms of being the only, or one of the only Japanese restaurants in Cabramatta I think this place sets itself up pretty well.


Our food takes quite a while to arrive on the table but when it does I'm so glad it comes out sequentially so no one has to eat cold food while waiting for the others. Everything also looks and smells really delicious and we're so excited to dig in! Also to note, all of our meals come with a free side of seaweed salad, yum!!

Hey all! Here's a great lunch option for everyone if you find yourself in Cabramatta doing a tonne of grocery shopping and then getting hungry. Binh Dan is on Hughes St right next to Vinh Phat. I actually came here to eat many months ago and and I don't really recall what the food was like but I remember really not liking the place because the tables, chairs and entire area was really dirty and uncleaned. The seating was sticky and lots of flies were in the restaurant. That's why I cringed when my parents were lured into having lunch here by the special 30% signs you can see out the front. Although got to admit, $7 for a main is a really cheap price.

THANKFULLY the cleanliness of Binh Dan has changed a lot. I saw the tables and chairs getting wiped down more often after each guest, the condiments getting replaced, and felt like there was little to no flies buzzing around now. The staff were also really attentive and served us quickly & with a smile!











Overall our experience at Binh Dan definitely improved a lot from my first experience so I'm glad we got the chance to give this place another chance. The food is also very decent and there is a great selection you can choose from with the special 30% discount.

Let me know if you've dined here before and what you ordered! I'd love to hear all about it incase I do visit again :)


TL;DR:
Price: Under $10! Cheap!
Quality: Not the best Viet food but very decent and fresh
Service: Efficient, fast
Ambience: Small and open restaurant

Hello, welcome back! Or a brand new welcome if you're a first time reader! This post is around 3 months late but this is my experience at Iron Chef in Cabramatta when I invited my mom here for her birthday. I was going through Zomato for somewhere new and mildly fancy in the Cabramatta area and this is what I came up with.

Iron Chef is located on the other side of Cabramatta Station, opposite to the main John St area. It is a part of the Stardust Hotel complex. I've never really ventured out on to this side so it was very interesting to see!






My mom didn't have a clue what she wanted to eat tonight so she let my sister and I pick. Because it was her birthday we decided to spoil her by ordering a lot of delicious and expensive dishes. Unfortunately the manager informed us that many of these dishes were "sold out" tonight. I find it hard to believe that at 6pm on an empty Wednesday night, a restaurant as big as this in a suburb that is full of fresh food markets, butcheries, and other shops cannot provide MANY of the dishes on the menu because it is "sold out". He seemed really annoyed that we had ordered those dishes as if we should've known it was sold out. Half of the choices we made seemed sold out which was so disappointing. But anyway even though his attitude was giving off a bad vibe, we all still tried to see the best in things.

Our final choices don't exactly reflect what we had in mind. But let's get right into it. First off is the 2 course Peking style roasted duck. The 2nd course was meant to be Sang Choy Bow but we were informed that the kitchen was unable to make it that day so we would only be getting the rest of the duck chopped up. We all wanted the full experience but hey what can you do 😞











Look how untouched that Hokkien fried rice is. We ended up placing most of our food in take-away boxes and I'm glad that everyone was happy with their meals and feeling very full and satisfied!

Now to finish off our lavish banquet, Iron Chef served us a complementary Chinese dessert 💕

Because it's the weekend, let us talk about Cabramatta! My family and I love to eat out on the weekend after attending church together. It really brings us closer together and allows us to eat something different to our usual dinner food at home. It also gives my mom off a night from house chores and cooking, so you can all understand how good that sounds! We almost always end up in Cabramatta or Canley Heights since my parents are most accustomed to Vietnamese food, and these suburbs have lots of eateries open later at night.

Saigon Hu Tieu Go Mi Go opened up a few months ago and replaced our beloved Pho Thien Loi. It's quite sad because Pho Thien Loi was a family go-to which served up some really decent pho at an affordable price. Plus they sold lots of yummy Vietnamese sweets and desserts. If you stayed back long enough at night, they would sell it a heavily discounted price or even give you a free complimentary dessert. But alas. Rest in piece, Pho Thien Loi. It's time to give your new successor, Saigon Hu Tieu Go Mi Go a chance.