Pork Roll Round Up ~ Vietnamese banh mi - Redfern and Waterloo

In Redfern or Waterloo and need to grab a good and cheap lunch? Try one of the classic Hot Bread shop pork rolls along Botany Road or up around Cleveland Street, we search out the banh mi action.

Al Diaffah Al Iraqi ~ Fairfield

After a run of Middle Eastern restaurants over the last few weekends we wonder why on earth we haven't got into it sooner. Years sooner. Well there's a couple of reasons.

Ruifeng Night Market ~ Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kaohsiung's Ruifeng Night Market is much more of a locals' market than other night markets we have visited so far in Taiwan. So we wonder how different Ruifeng will be to the tourist vortexes of Shilin Night Market in Taipei, and the nearby Liouhe Tourist Night Market.

Basun Chinese Restaurant ~ Carlingford Village Shopping Centre, Carlingford

Some readers tell us to trek out to Carlingford. We obey.

Zhou Mum Cafe ~ Chinese - Dixon House Food Court, Chinatown

Kingsford's Zhou Mum Cafe opens a new branch in Dixon House Food Court. We're ecstatic. We're dancing. We're partying like it's 1999.

[UPDATED MARCH 2015]

Kabul House ~ Afghani - Merrylands

Relatives are in town. Where do we go for a special family Sunday lunch? Rockpool? Nup. Quay? Nup. Marque? Nup. Kabul House in Merrylands? Yes!

Liouhe Tourist Night Market ~ Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Nowhere else in Asia have we seen night markets anywhere quite like Taiwan. Here's a bunch of photos and some bull from the crazy busy Liouhe Tourist Night Market in the southern city of  Kaohsiung.

Supermarkets of Mystery - Convenience Store 8 ~ Japanese and Korean - Pittsway Arcade, CBD

Tucked away between a large city supermarket and a tiny foodcourt, Conbini 8 is a source for Japanese Kit Kats, lunchtime bento boxes and frozen gyoza all stashed away in the heart of the Sydney CBD.

Sayong Curry & Laksa ~ Malaysian - Pittsway Arcade, City

We go on a Malaysian bender with several trips to that gem of a stall in the city's Pittsway Arcade food court, Sayong Curry & Laksa. We are found several days later, semi-conscious and semi-naked in a city alley with curry in our veins and noodles in our noses.

Walli Asr ~ Afghani - Merrylands

When searching Sydney suburbs for great food one trick is to look down all those dark mysterious ancient shopping arcades that run off the main street. Occasionally you will strike gold.

Supermarkets of Mystery ~ Kit Kats from across Tokyo and the Chocolatory, Ikebukuro

Japanese Kit Kats are bloody good when you can find them. Even better is when generous friends bring us back a selection from Japan and the new Kit Kat Chocolatory in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.

Street Food Tour of Taiwan ~ Let's Kaohsiung!

A few days in Kaohsiung, our favourite city in Taiwan.

The Funky Chicken Pinoy BBQ & Bakery + Pabico Fast Food & Asian Grocery ~ Filipino - Mount Druitt

We do The Funky Chicken at Mount Druitt.

Kebab Al-Hojat ~ Afghani BBQ - Merrylands

Is this the best Afghani BBQ in town? It's a bold claim but one that we can help Kebab Al-Hojat stand behind.

[UPDATED JANUARY 2015]

Just Thai ~ Dixon House Food Court - Chinatown [CLOSED]

It's our job to try every food court stall in Chinatown. It's your job to look beautiful.

[CLOSED NOVEMBER 2014]

Aria Persian Fast Food ~ Iranian - Merrylands

The Vietnamese have the banh mi, but Iran has something to contribute in the tasty bread and filling department too - Persian Sandwiches.

Street Food tour of Taiwan ~ Let's Dulan!

Dulan on the east coast of Taiwan is a small town known for it's arts cafe, surfing and custard apples. Warning: this post contains a record number of dog and cat photos.

Rim Tanon ~ Thai - Haymarket\Thainatown

Campbell Street in the city serves up another Thai Town classic. Rim Tanon dishes up Thai street food in a simple resto setting and you don't need to haggle with a tuk-tuk driver to get there.

Leon's Food Bar ~ Chinese & Australian - Central Station

Beside the queues of pillow clutching country bus travellers at Sydney's Central Station is a cafe with a mix of decent Asian fare as well as burgers, big breakfasts and takeaway choices.

Street Food tour of Taiwan - Let's Hualien!

Moving on from the rain we had in Taipei, we headed south to the main stopping-off town of Hualien. Most people stay here to go to the Taroko Gorge. We came to eat food and pat dogs. And see the bloody Gorge.

Sri Lanka ~ a Street Food summary

We put together this little summary of our food-nerd findings from Sri Lanka to give fellow travellers an idea of the goodies  they are most likely to find when they hit the streets.

Salvadorean Food at Gorman House Markets ~ Braddon, Canberra

An arts centre market in Canberra makes an unusual place to come across a Central American classic and some Tibetan tastes.

Runfeng 100% Handmade Steam Buns & Dumplings ~ Sussex Centre Food Court, Chinatown [CLOSED]

Runfeng replaces North and South and adds some much needed dumpling love to the Sussex Centre Food Court. [CLOSED]

Krispy Roll ~ Vietnamese Pork Rolls - Haymarket

A tiny store in the back streets of Haymarket offers one of the cheapest pork rolls in the CBD. Cheapskates rejoice!

[REVISITED JULY 2014]

Shilin Night Market ~ Taipei, Taiwan

Shilin market in Taipei. Two street food fans. Let the eating begin.

Happy Snack Cafe House ~ Vietnamese - Homebush West \ Flemington

You want pho? Then don't come here. You want a spicy beef stew with meltingly soft carrots you can dunk with bread? This is the place.

Taiwan Street Food Tour ~ Let's Taipei! Part 1

The one place we hear about over and over for street food heaven is Taiwan, so we head there over December for three weeks of  feasting. First stop, Taipei, where we learn that after years of travelling we can still make mistakes.

Grape Garden Beijin Cuisine ~ Chinese - Chatswood

We heard the whispers. 'Go to the grape place in Chatswood, you'll like it'. Then people started talking a bit louder. 'Grape Garden is good'. Now we are shouting it - 'Grape Garden, we love it!'

Mykababayan Filipino Dishes & Sari Sari Store ~ Fairfield

Mr Shawn faces his most feared real life nightmare. No, not the one about going to school with no pants on. And not the Tony Abbott nightmare, that one came true. We're talking about the ultimate nightmare of the foodblogger: finding a great restaurant without camera on hand, armed with nothing but a phone and bad light. Call the shrink.

2014 Sri Lankan & South Indian Food Fair ~ Homebush

We heard this food fair up the street before we saw any food. The tak-a-tak of chopping roti was a giveaway for some good Tamil food on offer.