Mumma Phan

The interior of the store is roughly divided into two halves, separated by a few shelves of dry goods and some drinks fridges. On the right hand side is a café counter, offering up pineapple pie, as well as the usual range of hipster café breakfast and lunch favourites. Amongst the menu's açaí bowl and maple bacon burger, you'll also find one of those breakfast towers that are currently all the rage on Instagram. It's called Mumma's Big Brekky To Share ($45) and arrives looking very grand.

The left side of Mumma Phan's business is even more intriguing. As well as a chalkboard offering up a range of Vietnamese banh mi, there's a long counter of self-service hot food. Most of the Islander clientele are loading up containers to take away, filled them to the brim with Roast Pork ($28/kilo) and sticky sweet ...read more