Here’s what to expect from the new phase of the Surf Coast deli and cafe.
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Torquay’s smash-hit sandwich bar Mortadeli has carved out a name for itself as a destination for carb lovers since opening in 2021. Now, it’s moved into the larger space across the piazza once home to its now-closed pasta bar. One roof, one menu, one kitchen, with current chef Louella Lacaden remaining.
The current roster of sandwiches will be available, kicking off with American-style breakfast buns and hearty baked bean melts before lunch sangers, including the signature Maltese hobz-biz-zejt, roll out. The daytime menu is broader, with soups, salads, house-made pasta, one-off sangers and sweets rotating month to month.
Breakfast items include piadina – the flatbread from Emilia-Romagna – filled with scrambled eggs, guanciale, pepper, parmesan and rocket; it’s a riff on carbonara. Ham and bechamel arancini and other fried Mediterranean items (including Maltese pastizzi) are there for afternoon spritzes and wines, or while-you-wait snacking for anyone getting takeaway sandwiches.
Keep an eye out for one-off events, DJ sets, courtyard barbecues and the launch of catering in the former sandwich shop space.
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Emma Breheny – Emma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor and editor of The Age Good Food Guide.
