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BALLARAT foodies have another reason to celebrate with the opening of what is possibly the city’s first Vietnamese restaurant. Ballarat Vietnamese Noodle Shop opened on July 11 in Lydiard Street. Anne Beggs-Sunter, an Australian history lecturer at University of Ballarat, said she didn't think there had ever been a Vietnamese restaurant in Ballarat before. “It is another landmark in the provision of food,” Dr Beggs-Sunter said. “I am fairly confident that this is the first Vietnamese restaurant in Ballarat, but if someone knows any different they are welcome to correct me.” Dr Beggs-Sunter said the first international cuisine restaurant opened in Ballarat in the 1850s. “It was called John Alloo’s Chinese Restaurant,” she said. “It is replicated in the street of Sovereign Hill.” Ballarat Vietnamese Noodle Shop co-manager Andy Nguyen said the venue offered home-made food with his mother, Van Le, in charge of the kitchen. The restaurant has 45 dishes on the menu. “This is our first venture in opening a restaurant,” Mr Nguyen said. “We live in Melbourne but saw that Ballarat didn't have any Vietnamese food so we decided to open here.” And the customers, he says, are very happy. “We have had a lot of customers,” Mr Nguyen said.

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