Bay Tinh - Marrickville

We are still in search for the best bowl the most authentic bowl of Pho in Sydney. Apart from Cabramatta, we found that Marrickville is another Viet town full of Viet food. Banh Xeo AUD 14.5. One of our favourite entrées in Vietnamese cuisine and it is definitely not easy to handle it well. The crispy yellow egg shell has mung bean pasted smeared on it yet the shell is still very crispy on the edges and outside, while a bit chewy and soft on the inside.

We tried this for the first time tonight and it wont be the last. Everything we ordered was delicious!I highly recommend the salt and pepper calamari

I have done takeaways of the beef pho noodle soup a few months ago. It's likely the second best version I've tasted, slightly different to all the other versions but definitely not generic. The soup has a very nice flavour and the quality of the beef and noodles has been high. I also like the higher quality of the takeaway presentation and containers used. I also tried a fishcake dish and it also appeared unique with good care and attention going into it. I'm surprised at previous reviews and obviously haven't tried many dishes on the menu but so far so good. <br/ <br/ The restaurant itself appears darker and suited to a quiet dining experience. The owner's polite and friendly so overall a recommended eatery based on my experience so far.

Fabulously Full!. Went on Friday night with five friends and had a confortable booth where we were able to talk easily. We shared a duck salad and beef salad entrees with succulent tender meat and well balanced dressing. Their little rice cakes are unique, like little custard tarts, but crisp on the outside, custardy soft on the inside with prawn paste on top melt in your mouth to die for! The prawn stuffed mushrooms were good and the soft shell crab with a tangy tamarind sauce was excellent. I do not know how they achieve it, but the calamari with hot lime sauce was very tender, with only the thinest of batter and very fresh oil. My friends thought it was the best they had found and the sauce was very moreish. We shared the bonfire beef and prawns as a main and successfully made our own rolls with salad and a unique anchovie based sauce very satisfying. We had a serving of Asian Brocholi with garlic sauce so were good and had some fresh greens. We were very full by this stage but found our second stomaches for dessert and my friends were amazed at how nice the fried ice cream is. The banana fritters were their usual melt in the mouth delight I remembered and the French influenced Coffe Rum Parfait with caramised wallnuts impressed.All up with rice included we paid $34 dollars each for a lot of quality food with no cheap stir fry. We felt it was great value for money.

SYDNEY'S BEST VIETNAMESE. Love the food at Bay Tinh. It's so fresh and flavours are well balanced. The crispy skin chicken and rice paper roles were great!