Nam Fong Hot Bread – Bankstown NSW Restaurant Review

There’s a guy who keeps eating banh mi at work, and every time he does it I am triggered to get some the following day. I ended up visiting Nam Fong Hot Bread twice over the course of the week, each time a 10 minute detour on the way to work, because the first time I went I got a sliced pork roll and a roast pork roll, cut them into halves to share with my friend, only for her to eat the entire roast pork roll. I thought the intention was obvious!

Excuse the sogginess after a 45 minute drive and a 4-hour sit in the fridge, but this banh mi thit pork roll ($6.50) was on point. The meat packing was packed, the serving of pate and Vietnamese mayo was generous, and the pickled vegetables were fresh and tasty. I literally have no notes about this banh mi, and it approaches the Platonic ideal of what a banh mi should be. Even the price was unreal.

The roll that I bought twice but got to eat once, banh mi heo quay roast pork roll ($8.50) was again excellent as well as excellently priced. This roll featured a huge amount of meat, separate crispy pork skin which appeared to be made in house, and was easily something you would pay upwards of $10 for elsewhere. The flavours were good, the pate and mayo and roast pork in combination was very creamy, and this was just a good roll overall.

Both rolls even had the pickled daikon that seems to only make a showing in Bankstown and Cabramatta hot bread shops.

Can recommend, and didn’t let me down over the Australia Day long weekend when 5 other hot bread shops, which showed ‘open’ status on Google Maps, did.

Nam Fong Hot Bread Bankstown
54 Bankstown City Plaza, Bankstown NSW 2200