Mama's Buoi, Surry Hills

Bao Hoang doesn't care if you call him a Mama's boy. He's so proud of his mother's affections, he named his restaurant after it. The buoi isn't just a fancy way to write "boy" either. In Vietnamese, it's the word for pomelo, a type of large grapefruit that his mother used to grow in their back garden and cook for family meals.

Hoang's family story is embedded in the experience at this new