Feast on great Asian food
Restaurant, Thai, $$$

Khao Pla interior | © Khao Pla
As soon as you hop off the train at Chatswood’s huge, modern railway station, the first thing that hits you in the face is the fragrance of Asian cuisine. The neighbourhood is home to countless eateries from every corner of the continent — Kam Fook and Fook Yuen serve some of Sydney’s best yum cha, the smell of Vietnamese bakeries wafts down the Victoria Avenue thoroughfare, and there’s a veritable smorgasbord of first-class southeast Asian restaurants, including trendy Thai joint Khao Pla.