Boon Cafe

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After almost a decade, Boon’s Thai-meets-Aussie pitch remains unreplicated.

There’s always an excuse to visit, be it for coffee, noodles or an inspired sandwich, or just to pick up some holy basil in the adjoining grocery.

You might be perched on a stool in front of a row of chilli sauce jars, or overlooking the drinks station.

Thai classics such as pad see ew are all accounted for, but the menu turns to Isaan cuisine – fermented and spicy dishes from the country’s north – at night.

Grilled pork jowl with toasted ground rice has addictive levels of chilli and acidity, while there are a dozen variations of green papaya salad, including the exhilarating dtum muah with pickled field crabs and pork crackling. Spicy whole tilapia fish is cooked to a perfect crisp and scattered with soft herbs – a good reason to bring friends.

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