Sunny's Bakery, Collingwood

Sunny's Bakery, Smith st, Collingwood $4

I could have sworn Smith st had around 4 Vietnamese hot bread bakeries and planned on reviewing them all in one foul swoop. Really make a day of it I suppose, but on arrival, the reality of gentrification set in. A damn shame really. Only 2 places exist on all of Smith st to get a humble pork roll. N. Lee had already been reviewed so I had to make the most the day trip and get a huxtaburger to fill the hole that had enough space for 4 pork rolls. Now the reason we are here in the first place;
I can see why so many cool folks go to N.Lee over Sunny's but having said that its not entirely shit. Plenty of good cold sliced meat to give it some snout and not much salad, but still fresh. The bread rates highly but overall it is a fairly plain offering. Chilli had room for improvement and very generous with the pepper.

Bread: 3.5/5
Salad: 2/5
Meat: 4/5
Chilli: 2.5/5
Overall: 6/10

Ingredients: Mayo, Pat'e, 3 cold sliced meats, cucumber, pickled carrot, coriander, chilli, salt and pepper, soy sauce

T`s Vietnamese Classics - Preston Martket, Preston

T`s Vietamese Classics - Preston Market food court, Preston $4

Busy ass place rubbing elbows with all nationalities competing for a table, cheap meats, fruits and vegetables. Be prepared to push and shove your way around this place. It is a great market no doubt, I have always preferred this over Vic Market for its price and freshness so when I saw a Vietnamese takeaway opened up I was pretty excited. Specialising mostly in other Vietnamese cuisine like Pho or other rice and noodle dishes, I was here for one thing. A shame no cold cuts on offer but the BBQ`d pork more than suffices. I was aghast when the lady put lettuce in this shapely offering and was tempted to throw it straight at the ground and stomp on it, but everything else looked so tasty and the lettuce was only minimal. A good spooning of a sweet fish sauce sealed the deal for me, with chilli seeds and and carrot floating in the bowl, it forgave the lettuce and turned out to be a tasty number although the bread was a let down.

Bread 2.5/5
Salad 2/5
Meat 4/5
Chilli 4/5
Overall 7.5/10 Viet pigs swimming in fish sauce

Ingredients: lettuce :( pickled carrot, cucumber, coriander, spring onion, regular butter, BBQ pork, chilli, soy sauce, sweet fish sauce