There’s a backstreet bakery doing pies with “an Aussie look but a Vietnamese soul”, a shop putting modern Vietnamese coffee front and centre, and more. Melbourne is brimming with old-school Vietnamese bakeries that have been serving banh mi for decades. In nearby Abbotsford, Quoc Bao Truong, owner of Groove coffee shop, had a similar motivation. “The kind of specialty coffees you get at modern cafes in Vietnam today.” Here are five recently opened Vietnamese coffee shops, bakeries and cafes around Melbourne to try.