Miss Chu

Ce petit vietnamien est assez typique. Une ardoise au mur avec les quelques plats du menu et une ouverture par laquelle on commande
Dehors on mange sur des caisses sous un grand store.
Miss Chu livre également à domicile.
Nous avons testé les rouleaux de printemps, il y en a plusieurs sortes. Très bons mais attention à la sauce qui est assez loin de ce que l’on trouve généralement en France. C’est épicé.
En plat nous avons pris un phô, soupe de nouilles, bœuf et légumes. C’est bon !
Il manqué une étoile étoile car je n’avais plus de place pour le dessert.

Dont beleive the hype. Small portions, over priced meals, super slow delivery times and incredibly rude staff when contacted to complain. A noodle salad with only broccoli? Also super stingy on meat. When there is so much great vietnamese food in Sydney and plenty of good choices in Surry Hills spend your money elsewhere

It’s okay … a very watered down, australianized version of Lao/​Viet food. Not entirely sure what it is? But Miss Chu has her story down on the menu — very cute. I believe they immigrated here from Lao. But there’s no shortage of phở and banh mi on the menu, so it’s some sort of hybrid.
It’s good food, but a bit overpriced. And I’m always a bit skeptical when it’s alot of white people in the kitchen. I’m sure they’re great chefs, but where’s Miss Chu?

The worst Banh Minh in Sydney. Hardly any pork, full of flavorless cabbage and sad sprinkling of coriander. So not worth the hipster price tag.

Very average food. It definitely caters to Westerners who are willing to pay double the price for Asian food without having to travel to an authentic Vietnamese restaurant. The food doesn’t taste bad but it’s nothing special at all and I don’t feel the desire to dine here again.

I have just filed a complaint to the Advertising Board and Human Rights Campaign for their racist slogan on their delivery bikes.
«You ling, we bling» is their slogan.
I have also contacted them directly in which I was told that everyone is entitled to our opinion. And here’s my opinion, I will not tolerate businesses with make fun of racial stereotypes for advertising purposes. Whether it is directly towards a specific group or self-​deprecating.
Time for a change, people!

Lose a star for lack of seating but made up for with vegan options.
The cold rolls are pre-​made and ready to roll making it great for on the run. And the vermicelli bowls are perfect light lunch fare.

I’m always a sucker for cute and creative food spaces. Thus, why im writing this as I blindly walked in here for lunch as a tourist. Fairly over priced for what it offers, I ordered the chilli prawns over red rice/​quinoa. Rice was sooooo hard it was nearly inedible (brown or red rice ought to be soaked over time before cooking to ensure tenderness). Also, rice was dressed with some really distracting sweet sauce. Prawns had a powdering and not fresh texture. What also appalled me was that the vegan/​vegetarian dishes costed as much as the meat dishes. I would consider this place more of a gimmick rather than a hearty authentic Vietnamese fare.

This little ‘hole in the wall’ in Darlinghurst does some great Vietnamese. Sit on a chair, a box, stand in the street or squeeze inside to the tiny area this place offers good fresh food at a very affordable prices. Whether it is the Rice paper rolls, the Dumplings, the Wagyu Beef Phở’ or whatever it fresh, fast and fun.
Called the ‘Tuckshop’ it is great place to call by when you are short on time or maybe you just want to call by and chill… either way this is good place if you want some food that is quality and fresh…
Whatever… it is reasonable value for money and always worth a visit.

I love Miss Chu for delivery. They have an awesome website (and apparently app now) for ordering. It’s just super easy to navigate and they are usually pretty quick. There is a small charge depending on where you live for delivery or you can pick up. I wish more local restaurants followed their lead on this.
My favourite menu items include the duck pancakes, shanghai dumplings and rice paper rolls. I’ve also had several of the salads which are lovely and worth trying.
I wouldn’t rate it as my favourite meal in Sydney by any means, but it’s good food and an awesome option for takeout. I’ve also eaten at the store, which is nice but can be busy since there are limited seats.

Super duper over priced! Small portions– all round apart from the bahn mi which is a decent size. $ 7 for 2 Peking duck pancakes that are absolutely tiny! I’m glad it exist coz I love Vietnamese food but I always feel ripped off after eating here…

I tried the lemongrass beef with rice this time. I was a huge disappointment the rice are very wet with the sause from the beef. The beef is way to tender. The vegi was nice n fresh! Food came very fast!

Yes the portions are small and the prices are steep, but there’s something special about Miss Chus that keeps me coming back for more. It’s not the rice paper rolls that suck me in, but rather all the items deeper down in the menu: steamed wild rice and greens with quinoa and shitake, enoki and shimeji mushrooms. Steamed barramundi with asian greens and black rice. The 100% vegan soup. Truth be told, I can’t get anywhere near William Street without stopping by for a little something. As long as I have enough cash on hand.

Cool little place with tiny makeshift tables on the sidewalk, and lots of nice little touches (e.g. sweet chili sauce in tiny plastic flasks in your takeaway).
For their vegetarian food, I tried their veggie fried dumplings ($ 7) and veggie spring rolls ($ 6 for 3). Both seemed a bit overpriced for such small amount of food, and both rely heavily on the sauces for their flavor. Personally, I like my dumplings crispy, but these were more the soft wrap kind. In short, these were ok but not amazing.

I like Miss Chu, but it seems to be a victim of its own success. There is better dim sum that’s less expensive in Sydney and you can actually sit at a proper table and be served your food too.

What do you get when you mix a nifty casual outdoor restaurant and some fine finger foods?
Miss Chu!
At Miss Chu’s you rock up and order at the counter and take a seat in chairs too small for a grown adult in front of tables too small for a grown adult and then eat food that won’t fill up a normal grown adult. Great idea, to get the most bang out of your buck… for them that is.
This place has been my go-​to place for some duck pancakes and rice paper rolls for a while. Rather than buy a whole Peking duck for something like $ 60, you can get them a-​la carte! Unfortunately, these savoury pieces of heaven (duck pancakes) have gone from $ 2 a pop to $ 3.50 the past 12 months or so.
I used to come here a lot more often until my wallet started crying. This place would be an easy 4 stars if the prices haven’t slowly gone up the past year.
Stay away from the Phở. I am serious… STAY FAR AWAY… it’s pretty gross.
Most of the rice paper rolls are good, the dumplings are mediocre (please don’t come here for the dumplings,) I would avoid the deep fried spring rolls as they are really small and not particularly amazing (photo attached,) though the salad and rice dishes are OK. Just OK.
The main reason to come here is for the duck pancakes, and how!
Again, come here for the duck pancakes and rice paper rolls.

MIss Chu, Miss Chu, I think I love you.
I’d heard friends talk about the illustrious Miss Chu and ramble off all the reasons why this place was THE place of the moment. Sure it all sounded good but it wasn’t until I tried for myself that the cards fell in to place and I knew, instantly, why they raved so passionately about their friend, Miss Chu.
I won’t influence your experience with my thoughts on the food. You must simply go and try for yourself. All I will say is this: Coconut Banana Slushie.

I used to eat lunch here when I worked nearby. The food is very tasty if a little pricey, and be warned that getting a noodle salad dish will not fill you up (you will need to get some steamed pork buns on the side).
Definitely worth it if you happen to be in the area.

Nothing will ever beat the amazingness of the steamed pork buns and steamed custard buns at Miss Chu in Darlinghurst. Nothing.
Sadly, Miss Chu has been declining by degrees on my last few visits, to the point where I actually didn’t enjoy my dumplings on my last visit. They were big and heavy, with the dough at the top all hard and crusty, while the bottom fell out of them. But I’ll keep coming back for the steamed buns.

Mmm… That Duck Pancake and those Chinese Vegetable with Garlic Dumplings were pretty delicious. Sorry, I’ve started the story too far in, let me go back to where it all began.
Having just finished a meeting, and with the next job looming, we decided to get a quick bite to eat. We journeyed down to the corner of William Street and Bourke to a hole-​in-​the-​wall establishment called, «Miss Chu’s». According to our Audio Technician, the cool place to eat at the moment.
There’s some deliberation as to what to eat, what is good, how does it taste and will it mow the lawn. (There was no discussion about lawn mowing, but the aforementioned still stands.) We order and take a seat in their outdoor seating area.
The tables are low and the chairs are simply milk crates with a slab of wood fastened to the top. The window is full of scrabble pieces with words such as «HOME DELIVERY» spelled out with the tiles.
The lady sticks her head out the window and calls our names one by one as our order is ready, we retrieve it and sit back down. She can’t pronounce something and she starts to laugh, I take this as a cue to get up and collect my lunch.
The bags come with the menu and contact information printed on its side and we eat and chat while drinking the complimentary tea that has been provided in a rather ornate teapot.
The food is quite expensive, but duck pancake is so good.

«It’s soooo New York!» a friend once gushed to me of Miss Chu’s ramshackle outdoor seating arrangement, positioned on a Bourke Street pathway (at the dodgy William Street end) alongside the (literally) hole in the wall from where their famed Vietnamese dishes are served.
Indeed this little sidewalk eatery is charming — strewn with stringed-​up light bulbs, patrons seated at tiny child-​like tables and communal benches, and a steep pathway underfoot that adds to the thrown-​together feel.
If you’re after a quick meal, you’re in luck — everything is already packaged in takeaway containers, but if you’re looking to sit down, be prepared to hover a little while for one of the few, sought after tables.
I return here time and again for the fresh rice paper rolls filled with shredded duck meat, vermicelli noodles and fresh herbs, but the substantially sized beef phở is also worth a try.