Winter is just around the corner and Sydney is just pumping
out new restaurants opening left, right, front and center. In the past month,
there’s one that I have patiently waited on. Let’s welcome Sando Bar to the Sydney cafe scene folks!
I’ve been a fan of Head chef and co-owner Naoya Shimada’s (aka @Nasir_San)
cooking since his stint at Hills Bros. He’s teamed up with the crew behind
Tokyo Bird and Osaka Trading Co to bring this Japanese sando inspired cafe in
Surry Hills to life! But wait, it’s more than just a sandwich cafe, he also
does ramen!!! Now that’s what I’m talking about! Sando Bar will eventually also
serve as an extension of Tokyo Bird at night. Chocolatesuze and I checked them out on their opening day.
The coffee
beans are sourced from Little Marionette.
So expect some sweet chocolate notes in your coffee. The chocolate flavour
profiled coffee was more prominent in my piccolo
latte ($3.70). The textured milk temperature was just right.
His pork
katsu sando ($14) is insanely good! A perfectly cooked juicy fried crumbed
pork loin with apple cabbage slaw, mustard mayo & tonkatsu sauce. The pork
was also marinated in shio koji for extra flavour and juiciness. Takes me back
to Japan yo and it comes with a side of renkon (lotus root chips).
The breakfast sando ($7) consists of bacon, sweet fluffy tamagoyaki, mayo, rocket and bbq sauce with a side of fruits.
My homie Nas came up with a ramen that’s
suitable for a cafe menu. The shoyu
ramen ($17) consists of a torigara shoyu broth that has subtle umami, light chicken flavour with
yuzu and peppery notes. The noodles are cooked medium. Toppings include sous
vide chicken in butter garlic yuzu, menma, mizuna dressed in yuzu, nori, negi and
half hanjuku tamago. The runny yolk on that tamago was on point. Would have loved some extra fat on the broth. Nas doesn't claim that it's the legit kind but I think it is pretty solid for a cafe style ramen. It kind of reminds me of Afuri ramen.
A place of awesome sandos, coffee and ramen all in one place is
my kind of joint. Come and visit them as soon as possible fam!! Trust me, they
won’t disappoint.
Sando Bar
226 Commonwealth Street
Sydney NSW
Email: info@sandobar.com.au
http://www.sandobar.com.au/
Hours: Monday - Saturday 7am to 4pm
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Gorgeous pics Raff!! The Pork Katsu Sando looks the good!! :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try the curried egg sando!
ReplyDeleteSo much buzz about this place. Looking forward to stopping by for a katsusando soon!
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