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Phnom Penh Mini Restaurant

David Matthews

Phnom Penh Mini Restaurant

Cambodian$

A local favourite for num banh chok (Cambodian noodle soup).

Phnom Penh in Cabramatta.Jennifer Soo

Slip into Hong Kong Shopping Plaza and stop at A&A Cake Shop for a pork-filled pâté chaud, Vietnam’s favourite flaky savoury pastry, then loop back to the New World Centre and Phnom Penh Mini Restaurant, where members of the local Cambodian community fill tables.

The order? Owner-chef Thida Kak’s pungent, yellow-tinted num banh chok, a rice noodle soup built on a base of pounded fish and aromats, which you can customise with snake beans, cabbage and ample herbs.

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David MatthewsDavid Matthews is a food writer and editor, and co-editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2025.

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