Tan Viet is one of my favourite cheap eats with their signature dish only charging $10. With ongoing raves about their food and appearances on channel 9′s Getaway, and constant mentions in SMH magazine.. its no wonder during the weekend peak-hour lunch.. the line is almost overflowing on the road.
As soon as you are seated, if you look around the room.. everyone is pretty much eating crispy skin chicken with bowls of dry egg noodles or egg noodles with soup. The sight of red rice lights up the room with what foreigners would see as “weird looking rice” but delicious once eaten.
Famous for their crispy skin chicken, its a “MUST” visit you have to experience yourself!! ITS SERIOUSLY THAT GOOD!!
[Signature Dish] Mi Ga Don – Crispy skin chicken, egg noodles garnished with fresh lettuce, coriander, and shallots and various condiments
You know a dish is good when 70% of people are eating the same dish. Mi Ga Don comes with a side of crispy skin chicken, and you have the option of having your egg noodles either soupy (with chicken stock) or non-soupy (dry egg noodles with special sauce on the bottom of the bowl).
Mi Ga Don – side of crispy skin chicken
Chicken is soo tender it melts in your mouth and falls right off the bone not leaving any meat to waste. The best part is the skin which I like to leave to the end as it has a crispy taste leaving you heartbroken once eaten. – NO SHIET ITS THAT GOOD!!
Pork Chop and Broken Rice with the additional fried egg
I’ve had many vietnamese pork chops and its all different and comes down to the flavours in the marinade. Tan Viet in particular has the amazing lemongrass taste which is embedded into the flesh of the pork (J) loved it so much he ordered a third pork chop for $3. Crispy fried gooey egg is optional with an extra surcharge.
Crispy Skin Chicken & Tomato Rice
Another popular option if your not up for noodles but wanting some of their chicken. Red rice is also known as “Tomato Rice“. Not sure if they actually use tomato in it at the restaurants but people seem to think it is? The bf’s mum showed me how to cook tomato rice – Vietnamese style and its actually cooked with fresh prawn and a paste from a bottle.
Condiments
Fish sauce for adding taste to rice or noodle, lemon and bean sprouts if you’ve ordered the egg noodle soup.
Hope I made your mouth drool! 
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100 John Street
Cabramatta, NSW
P: (02) 9727 6853
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4:50 pm on November 10th, 2009
Wow! Amazing photos! You certainly can make ‘ordinary’ food look fantastic!
I’m a bit disappointed you didn’t say the pork chops are the best in Sydney (like you did with the crispy chicken), because I LOVE pork chops, especially Vietnamese style. But it looks so damn good that it looks worth a trip out there for sure! Thanks!
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5:14 pm on November 10th, 2009
You’ve got me thinking about dinner. Ive eaten here before and i agree even though this place looks dirty the crispy chicken is why it is popular.
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6:35 pm on November 10th, 2009
zomg the chicken skin! ahhhhhh your pics always make me so hungry!
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11:31 pm on November 10th, 2009
still on my long list of places i want to try. can’t wait! :-)
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8:22 am on November 11th, 2009
Yup there’s drool everywhere. That crispy skin chicken shot is so deliciously dirty! Can we go back, pretty please???
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9:25 am on November 11th, 2009
Yum! The grilled pork chop & chicken with tomato rice is one of my favourite things to order at a Vietnamese place! Everything looks good!
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10:21 am on November 11th, 2009
Oh, wow, that crispy skin chicken looks seriously good.
By the way, how close to the food do you have to get to take such fab pictures?
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3:39 pm on November 11th, 2009
Yes, you did make me drool!! I am still very envy with your micro lens and all the food looks extra delicious when they are under your lens.
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9:27 pm on November 11th, 2009
oh geeze…that Crispy skin chicken looks so drool worthy! I swear, you seem to always make me hungry damn it….
Lovin the pic descriptions
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2:10 pm on November 12th, 2009
I sound like a broken record but duuuuude your photography blows me away!!
Mmmmm that chicken looks innnncredible!!! *drools*
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2:41 pm on November 12th, 2009
Oh boy. I’ve just had lunch and I’m hungry again! That chicken looks so so tempting…
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1:03 pm on November 17th, 2009
That chicken looks so damn good! I’d better go eat my lunch now and stop looking at it.
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10:50 pm on November 19th, 2009
Yumm!The crispy skin chicken looks so yummmy
I’ve gotta try this place some day- your photography makes the food look so good! Even the egg looks good =] I love my eggs fried like that……crispy on the edges and gooey in the centre
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11:18 am on November 22nd, 2009
This is the best restaurant in Cabramatta! Or ka-la-mat-a as the locals will pronounce it.
I always get the crispy chicken noodles and it always has a line during lunchtimes, which says something about the place.
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2:24 pm on November 30th, 2009
Holy chicken!
I’m sold, I’m going to this place this week!!
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