ChiliPepper Fine Vietnamese Restaurant is a sit-down Vietnamese restaurant at 603 Mount Alexander Road in Moonee Ponds. The menu covers Vietnamese favourites alongside salt and pepper dishes, clay pots and sizzling hot plates, with a wine list and a set banquet.
Vietnamese food on Mount Alexander Road
The menu is long and organised by style of cooking. Some of the sections and dishes you will find:
- Entrees such as prawn dumplings, fried wontons, spring rolls, soft shell crab with chilli, lime and basil, and roasted buttered quail
- Soups including canh chua (hot and sour soup), asparagus and crab soup, and pho with a vegie option
- Salt and pepper calamari, rockling, pork spare ribs and tiger prawns
- Clay pots, such as chicken with ginger and barramundi with black pepper
- Sizzling steak and stir-fries in chilli pepper or garlic sauce
- Chef’s suggestions like beef Saigon style and crispy barramundi with lemongrass and ginger
- Yellow, green and red curries, noodles, coconut rice and spicy fried rice
There is a vegetarian section too, with beancurd stir-fried with chilli lemongrass and vegetables in satay sauce. Desserts include fried ice cream and banana fritters.
Dine in, book a table or order takeaway
ChiliPepper takes table bookings and also offers takeaway, with online ordering through their website. The banquet menu brings together dumplings, spring rolls and wontons followed by lemongrass chilli chicken and tiger prawns in XO sauce, which makes it an easy choice for groups. Visit their website to see the full menu, book a table or order online.