An authentic Vietnamese restaurant, which brought its famous pho (beef noodle soup) from Sydney to the Sunshine Coast, will open a fourth eatery in the region.
The Nguyen Brothers will open at Tewantin in late July, adding to venues in Maroochydore’s Kon-Tiki building, Sunshine Plaza and Birtinya.
They are owned by one of the brothers, Yen Nguyen.
“We find that a lot of our regulars travel to Maroochydore to dine with us, even from Noosa, so we knew that there was a great opportunity to be closer to the locals and Noosa holiday makers,” said Yen.
The Tewantin venue, at 95/3 Hilton Terrace, is Yen Nguyen’s sixth restaurant in Australia after starting as a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese kitchen ‘Yen for Viet’ with his brother in Sydney in 2010.
Word quickly spread about their uncle’s famous Pho, Vietnam’s popular beef noodle soup, and they found themselves expanding to a larger, more central restaurant to establish ‘Nguyen Brothers’ in 2015.
With the Sydney restaurant in the capable hands of his brother, Yen moved to the Sunshine Coast with his family in 2017 and identified the opportunity to bring Vietnamese cuisine to the locals, launching Nguyen Brothers Sunshine Coast in Maroochydore.
“We saw how much locals loved Asian restaurants on the coast, however we felt that Vietnamese cuisine was under-represented and wanted to bring a taste of Vietnam to the Sunshine State,” he said.
“We started with just one restaurant in Maroochydore, but when we experienced such a positive response to the menu, we knew that an expansion was necessary to meet demand.”
The Nguyen Brothers pride themselves on being family owned and operated.
With recipes passed down through the generations, diners are delighted to learn about
the traditional cooking techniques, and to see Grandpa in the kitchen hand making their wontons, just like his grandfather had taught him.
“While most customers come to Nguyen Brothers for our staple Phở and Bánh Mì items, we’ve really enjoyed educating our regulars with some more adventurous and traditional dishes.”
These include Cá kho tộ, a caramelised barramundi cooked in a clay pot, or Bánh Xeo which is a crispy Vietnamese pancake with pork and prawn.
The Tewantin restaurant will also serve coffee early in the mornings with select items from the menu served in smaller sizes to mimic the breakfast scene in Vietnam.
It will be open Monday to Saturday. For further information go to Nguyen Brothers.
