The Rice Hut

In Janette's years of working as an oral health therapist in the MLC building facing the Jan Power's market every Wednesday Janette dreamt of one day starting a business that incorporated her passion of creating exciting food that is healthy and delicious. Janette has always loved cooking for others, her satisfaction of seeing family and friends en... joy her food is her drive to establish what is now called "The Rice Hut". Who else was better to join her in this next challenge but her sister Janine. Janine spent years behind desks managing other people's accounts and businesses. Her expertise was the perfect match in kick starting The Rice Hut. With an inspirational grandmother who operated a very successful restaurant in the small fishing village of Vung Tau, Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, her passion for cooking and serving fresh, healthy and authentic Vietnamese food has passed down through our mother and now to us. We have incorporated many of her secret recipes and style of cooking into our menu. In 1975, when the civil war broke out our family was forced to abandon Vietnam leaving on a small wooden boat crammed with 50 people seeking freedom. My great grandmother was the oldest passenger at 65 and my sister was the youngest at just 2 months old. Her determintation and ambition has been instilled in us to never give up. The start up...Read More