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Chin Chin

Big flavours zipping across Asia and a vibe that’s always at maximum.

Roasted cauliflower with curry-spiced coconut cream.
1 / 5Roasted cauliflower with curry-spiced coconut cream.Julian Lallo
Queues for Chin Chin in Surry Hills.
2 / 5Queues for Chin Chin in Surry Hills.Steven Woodburn
Chin Chin’s butter chicken curry with yoghurt and green chilli.
3 / 5Chin Chin’s butter chicken curry with yoghurt and green chilli.Julian Lallo
Pad seuw (slow-cooked wagyu  beef with rolled rice noodles).
4 / 5Pad seuw (slow-cooked wagyu  beef with rolled rice noodles).Julian Lallo
Coconut panna cotta with Vietnamese coffee syrup and cashew praline.
5 / 5Coconut panna cotta with Vietnamese coffee syrup and cashew praline.Julian Lallo

Chin Chin Sydney

Modern Asian$$

Ever since Chin Chin and its neon pink rabbit hopped into town (in 2017, as an offshoot of the popular Melbourne original), the cavernous, multi-room diner has served up big boisterous vibes. It’s perpetually rammed with a good-time crowd downing cocktails and competing for dominance over an ’80s-inflected soundtrack.

Most tables are eating the signature kingfish sashimi – thin slices of raw fish on a delightfully zesty lime sauce with punchy chilli – and other go-to dishes include fall- off-the-bone, twice-cooked beef short ribs with a textural coconut salad, and banana roti with coconut sorbet and condensed milk that’s a collision of hot, cold, sweet and crisp.

It’s a big menu and some things miss the mark (such as the overly tough beef in a massaman curry), but if you’re looking for a rowdy time with crowd-pleasing food, this is your place.

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