Sandwich watch
No ifs, only butties: This Melbourne chip butty is a carb-on-carb crowd-pleaser
Not one to underestimate the power of simple, nostalgic food, this cafe is serving a “crispy-chewy” chip butty supercharged by house-made HP sauce.
- Tomas Telegramma
You’ve been layering the salad in your sandwich wrong all along. Not anymore
Experts share the crucial construction considerations and seasoning secrets that separate a great salad sandwich from a sad, soggy mess.
- Dani Valent
‘Like faceplanting a pillow’: The supersized fish-finger sanga you need to eat
“It’s a bit hardcore how much demand there’s been for it,” says the co-owner of this under-the-radar cafe serving one hell of a summer special.
- Tomas Telegramma
‘A delicious mess’: The verdict on Melbourne’s singular new Mexican sandwich shop
It’s not likely you’ve had a torta quite like those at Cumbe, featuring tortilla chips two ways and your choice of chicken schnitty or slow-cooked pork.
- Annabel Smith and Tomas Telegramma
‘A panino so distractingly good that I don’t notice the oil streaming onto my jumper’
Glen Iris diner Grazia just opened a takeaway joint, where house-baked schiacciata and hidden flavour bombs set its deli-style sandwiches apart from the pack.
- Tomas Telegramma
This A+ spiced-up Chinese bolognese toastie has a satisfying cheese pull
There’s also tongue-tingling Sichuan pepper and a “game-changing” ingredient that delivers a deeply golden shell.
- Tomas Telegramma
We tried Melbourne’s new drive-through banh mi spot. This is our verdict
Is ordering through an intercom a clever invention (especially for introverts), or a shards-of-breadcrumb disaster for your car? We went to find out.
- Annabel Smith and Harvard Wang
10 essential Melbourne sandwich shops including old- and new-school banh mi spots
From wild-fermented bagels to banh mi with chunks of crackling and choose-your-own-adventure schnitzel sangers, here’s where to find the city’s best sandwiches.
- Good Food
Suburban sandwiches: Three spots upping their area’s sanger game (and the must order)
Including a railway station gathering spot, a community cafe in lush surrounds and a deli giving spanakopita the toastie treatment.
- Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
‘Best $10.50 I’ve ever spent’: This no-frills chicken shop has a sanger you’ll want to eat on repeat
With pudgy pita bread and juicy chicken breast, Rooster Bar’s budget-friendly roll is one Sandwich Watch correspondent Tomas Telegramma can’t get enough of.
- Tomas Telegramma