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Late-night roti canai counter on Goulburn Street, Haymarket, Sydney. Roti with three curries comes in under A$11; the city's most-rewarded budget dinner.
Try: Roti canai with three curries
Phu Cuong is a budget eat in Cabramatta, Sydney.
Cabramatta's classic A$7.50 banh mi counter on John Street, Sydney. Pork, pate, chilli, herbs and pickled veg, just outside the train station.
Address: 117 John Street, Cabramatta NSW 2166, Sydney
Late-night roti canai counter on Goulburn Street, Haymarket, Sydney. Roti with three curries comes in under A$11; the city's most-rewarded budget dinner.
Try: Roti canai with three curries
Vietnamese pho counter on George Street, Haymarket, Sydney. The dac biet special with rare beef, brisket and tendons under A$18. Daily 9am-10pm.
Try: Pho dac biet
Quarter charcoal chicken with toum and chips for A$15 on South Street, Granville, Sydney. The canonical Sydney charcoal chicken takeaway, open late.
Try: Quarter charcoal chicken with toum and chips
Hawker laneway on Kensington Street, Chippendale, Sydney. Six Asian eateries under A$18 a plate; pick from chicken rice, laksa, banh mi or dumplings.
Try: Hawker-style noodles or rice
Kenny's Vietnamese bakery on Oxford Street Darlinghurst: crisp pork-belly banh mi plus 11 other rolls and a Saturday-night 3am window for after-dark cravings.
Try: Crisp pork-belly banh mi
Heritage A$10 pie cart on Cowper Wharf, Woolloomooloo, Sydney since 1938. Tiger pie with mash, peas and gravy is the canonical late-night Sydney bite.
Try: Tiger pie