Shops’ slice of success
The humble sanga is back and bigger than ever with a wave of funky sandwich shops offering everything from classic egg and lettuce to gourmet seafood creations.
Mack Bowers, from Sunny Side Sandwiches in Brisbane, started his business last year and said the swing back to the bready basic had been huge as people turn away from keto diets and once again embrace carbs.
“The sandwich is this epic food category that everybody has a relationship with and you can go in so many different directions with and it was just lagging behind,” he said, with a second store planned to open before Easter.
“It’s one of those canvases for food where it just needed and was crying out for some people to come in and lift the standard and do something that’s exciting and tasty.”
Sunny Side offers a range of sangas from breakfast options like the bacon and egg roll to an eggplant parmigiana and traditional ham and salad. But he said it was the chicken schnitty and the classic egg and lettuce that really flew out the door, with people chasing the familiar done well.
New York deli-inspired eats have also been proving popular with newly opened sandwich slinger Ham on
Rye in Brisbane’s Paddington, which serves up the likes of extra large Reubens and their own take on the hit ham and cheese American sandwich, the Cubano.
Meanwhile at Deli Dakota in Mount Gravatt East, they have been pushing things even further with carb creations packed with everything from spiced and fried Moreton Bay bug to lamb shoulder roasted for 12 hours sitting alongside feta, hummus, lettuce and pickled onions.
Deli Dakota co-owner Mitch Haworth said the simplicity of a sandwich was helping drive its popularity, as well as the affordability.
“With prices being crunched with cost of goods and interest rates, it’s great to get a deal,” he said.