BUG+ PRAWN ROLLS

2021 is the year of bug and tiger prawn rolls. Like their New England forebears, these Aussie variants are at once refined and proletarian – chilled Moreton Bay bug meat or local prawns slathered in mayo and spooned into soft bread. At Mr Percival’s (mrpercivals.com.au; left) in the Brisbane CBD, a battered bug tail sits in a white roll with lettuce and chilli mayo, central Sydney’s Monopole (monopolesydney.com.au) serves a yuzu mayo-dressed tiger prawn sandwich and Rick Shores (rickshores.com.au) in Queensland’s Burleigh Heads dresses beer-battered bug meat with bug mayo before packing it into a brioche bun.