Zhou Mum Cafe - Haymarket

Zhou mum cafe show how much chinatown food courts have changed, but also how they have remained the same. but sweet and acidic pork and Mongolian lamb are no longer on the menu; canto fare is replaced by regional Chinese. Of course, this reflects the change in Australian demography, where china is the largest country of new migrants, and mandarin, since the last census, has become the most widely spoken in Australia, except English.

Zhou mums cooking reminds us so much of our travels in south China. it is a type of food we eat in hole-in-the-wall restaurants and street-side booths in the regular amount of the eating time workers. it is nothing nice, just good cooking in house style. we fell in love with the original zhou mum cafe in kingsford, unfortunately we can't come to kingsford as often as we want. when zhou mum cafe opened in our beloved and accessible dixon house food court, it was like a dream true, sans scarlett johansson. anyhoo, zhou mum is an economy restaurant, dishes are pre-cooked and ready to go, just as it is done in whole asia. the opening special is three choices on rice for $6.95...read more

Excellent value for money food. Remember to take the free chilli oil to give your food that extra boost.

Zhou Mum's cooking reminds us so much of our travels in Southern China. It's a style of food we've seen in hole-in-the-wall restaurants and roadside stalls usually catering to the lunchtime worker crowd. It's nothing fancy, just good homestyle cooking. We fell in love with the original Zhou Mum Cafe in Kingsford , alas we can't get over to Kingsford nearly as often as we'd like. So when Zhou Mum Cafe opened in our beloved and accessible Dixon House Food Court it was like a dream came true, sans Scarlett Johansson. Anyhoo, Zhou Mum is an economy rice' stall, dishes are precooked and ready-to-go, just like it's done all over Asia. The opening special is three choices on rice for which is an absolute bargain. The dishes change around a bit each day and there's usually at least or so hot dishes and another dozen or so cold side dishes to choose f

Zhou Mum Cafe show how much Chinatown food courts have changed but also how they’ve stayed the same. Sure, this is the classic food court offering of three dishes and rice for a fixed price. But sweet and sour pork and Mongolian lamb are no longer on the menu; Canto fare is replaced by regional Chinese. Of course, this reflects the change in Australia’s demographics, with China being the largest country of new migrants, and Mandarin, since the last Census, has become the most spoken language in Australia other than English. noodlies.com