Checkered Hill Cafe

Checkered Hill Café is a family-owned business, based in Camberwell.

Checkered Hill was founded by second generation Vietnamese Australians, whose parents migrated to Melbourne, Australia during the Vietnam War.

This establishment offers traditional Vietnamese street food and innovative Asian fusion dishes, yet staying strong to their values of keeping the consistent flavours of authentic Vietnamese herbs and spices.

The recipes used for seasoning are as authentic as they come—passed down from generations within the Dang family.

These recipes are also being used at Checkered Hill’s sister restaurant, Hai Lua, located in one of Vietnam’s major tourist attractions known as Ben Thanh Market (Ho Chi Minh City).

Checkered Hill offers dishes such as Vietnamese beef/chicken noodle soup (Pho Bo/Pho Ga), Vermicelli dishes with a selection of different toppings—such as grilled pork/grilled chicken/springrolls (Bun thit nuong/Bun thit ga nuong/Bun cha gio).

Checkered Hill takes into consideration the vegetarian/vegan/gluten-intolerant dietary requirements and offers customised dishes to cater to their customers’ needs.

Vegan and gluten-free dishes include tofu with vermicelli and tofu rice paper rolls. Other dishes consist of vegan mock-meats (made out of soy products), such as vegan lemongrass chicken/vegan duck—which is either served with rice and salad or in a Vietnamese baguette (Banh Mi).