Marrickville Pork Roll

I love this place. I'm willing to move to Marrickville because of it. It has more variety than Hong Ha tastes more authentic. The bread was crispy and the pickled vegetable is crunchy.

I love banh mis, so I wanted to try some of the best in Sydney and trekked out to Marrickville just to try them here. We had the pork and BBQ pork rolls. They are so inexpensive considering they are bursting full of ingredients. They drizzle a liquid sauce on it that filled up our paper bags while we were eating, so you've been warned. They're pretty good, but it would've been so much better if the buns were warm. I was expecting a different type of BBQ pork, rather than the hot pink flat piece of meat they use.

I came here on a Queen's Birthday public holiday morning around 9am to avoid the crowds and lines, and it worked, there was nobody there and I didn't have to wait! I ordered a pork roll and a BBQ pork roll, and a can of drink. The BBQ pork roll uses nem nuong, which is a Vietnamese grilled pork, and I love nem nuong so I was looking forward to trying this roll. I loved how their BBQ pork had that beautiful bright pinky-red colour that nem nuong has, unlike some other places where it's a little more brown than pink. It's packed and delicious, every bite tasted full of flavour, right down to the last bite, and the salad was crisp and fresh. The BBQ pork itself was perhaps slightly on the salty side, but it wasn't too much of a problem for me, especially as I had a drink to go with it. But the pork roll was the main attraction that I came for, and it was every bit as good as the hype that I'd heard about it. It had so much flavour and I got a good bite of everything in every single bite, it wasn't lacking in one ingredient while being plentiful in another like some pork rolls I've had. I had the pork roll with chilli, and unlike some shops, they use a chilli sauce/paste instead of fresh chillies. For me, I can't eat a lot of chilli, and as they didn't use fresh chilli, I couldn't pick any out, and my mouth was on fire but it was well worth it still. (My friend loves chilli, which is why we ordered the pork roll with chilli.) Apart from the strong flavours and delicious freshness and amount of the ingredients, the bread roll itself was beautiful, it was crispy without being too hard and cutting into the roof of my mouth, and it was soft on the inside, but not too thick inside, so I didn't feel like I was eating a whole lot of dry bread. The service was great, they ticked everything; they were very fast, efficient, polite, and quite friendly. Everything was very cheap, the rolls were $5 each and the can of drink was only $1. TIP: if you can, get there early in the morning and have this for breakfast, it's perfect and cheap, and you won't have to wait in line for ages. Also, in my opinion, the chilli sauce/paste they use is quite hot, and if you get it, it'll be in every single bite, right down to the end, so get a drink to help combat that heat.

I came here on a Queen's Birthday public holiday morning around 9am to avoid the crowds and lines, and it worked, there was nobody there and I didn't have to wait! I ordered a pork roll and a BBQ pork roll, and a can of drink. The BBQ pork roll uses nem nuong, which is a Vietnamese grilled pork, and I love nem nuong so I was looking forward to trying this roll. I loved how their BBQ pork had that beautiful bright pinky-red colour that nem nuong has, unlike some other places where it's a little more brown than pink. It's packed and delicious, every bite tasted full of flavour, right down to the last bite, and the salad was crisp and fresh. The BBQ pork itself was perhaps slightly on the salty side, but it wasn't too much of a problem for me, especially as I had a drink to go with it. But the pork roll was the main attraction that I came for, and it was every bit as good as the hype that I'd heard about it. It had so much flavour and I got a good bite of... read more

Best pork rolls in town! Not just the pork rolls but also the meatballs! Packed with flavour and packed with ingredients! Still priced reasonably for how popular it is!