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Beyond excited to share our lead feature with you today — a delicious deep dive into another of Perth’s unique suburbs. Sally went traipsing around the greater Girrawheen area last month to get the lowdown on its thriving Vietnamese community — with one eye, of course, on the incredible food that has only grown in popularity with it.
It’s a meatier read than usual, so may I suggest you save it for lunch, go order a bánh mì, and learn yourself a thing or three about the KGB…
Troy Mutton, Editor-In-Chief, Perth is OK!
EAT & DRINK
BMT in the KGB: A delicious journey into Girrawheen’s Vietnamese community
How would you describe Girrawheen to someone who’d never stepped foot in Perth?
“I would say a little bit dodgy, but really delicious,” says Bac Pham – the chef behind wildly popular Vietnamese snack bar North 54.
While North 54 is located in Mount Hawthorn, we’re hanging out with Bac in the Marangaroo Shopping Centre carpark – a no-frills shopping strip on the border of Girrawheen and Marangaroo, where the sign facing Marangaroo Drive advertises the seven-day chemist in both English and Vietnamese.
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