Open, a photo from Queensland, East

Photographer's Note

A restaurant open very late at night in Inala, a suburb in outer Brisbane. Inala and the adjacent suburb of Darra are the epicentre of Brisbane's 16,000-strong Vietnamese community.
In Inala there are dozens of Vietnamese restaurants, very authentic and cheap, as well as Vietnamese grocers and other assorted shops. Often when I get the craving for a good authentic Pho (Vietnamese soup), and some good strong Vietnamese coffee, I take the drive out here.

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daddo (18617) 2011-12-27 3:04

Hi Justin. I like this moody shot around which one can weave a story. Excellent control of exposure creating dramatic contrasts. Regards. Klaudio.

ChrisJ (87654) 2011-12-27 3:21

Hi Justin

I've been to Vietnam a couple of times so I remember just how strong the coffee is. It was served in a small shotglass & was like Turkish coffee. Inala has certainly changed from the 70's, when there were no Vietnamese refugees & migrants, & the area had a rough, down & out reputation as the Redfern of Brisbane. Demographics change constantly I guess. The Viet community in Brisbane also manage most of the cakeshops now, (at least in the northern suburbs they do), which is great.