Help me find... a toastie in Adelaide

Toastie, toasted sanga, jaffle, toastie-toastie - whatever you call it, is there anything more tantalising to your taste buds than the smell of a toasted sandwich? The sizzling butter, the crunchy bread, the cheese oozing out the side, the minimal impact on your hip pocket. What's not to love?

We've compiled a go-to list of establishments that are toasting up some very impressive concoctions - from the super-luxe (truffled mushrooms anyone?) to the classic combos. 

There's even something for the sweet-tooth!

While they might be famous for their INCREDIBLE pastries that are both satisfying to eat and look at – there's an unassuming menu item that will have you drooling all the way to the uber funky café. Gourmet toasties! Like the 'Spanakops and Robbers' (they have fun, quirky names for all their food) filled with sauteed kale, spring onions, gruyere and Dijon mustard toasted in sourdough bread. We'll take two please.

While you can be forgiven for thinking that East End Cellars is all about amazing local wine, we can assure you that their food offerings are not to be overlooked. The plethora of to-die-for grazing platters sit alongside a menu of delicious toasted sandwich combos. Somehow managing to take the simplest sandwich ideas and taking them to the next level – for example the classic ham and cheese toastie. Here you will find the more worldly, fancy, grown-up version featuring leg ham, caramelised onion and gouda, thank you very much.

You may need to forgive us on a technicality here, as the Flying Fig ‘grill’ their sandwiches as opposed to ‘toasting’ them. Grilled sandwiches on offer here include the Original Rueben (pictured below), the Vegetarian Rueben and the I’m-so-fancy-you-can-only-order-me-on-weekends Pastrami Rueben. Okay so the pastrami is cured, rubbed in a special blend of spices, smoked for up to eight hours and then steamed for two hours before being served hot, so okay fair enough it’s only a weekend delight. They also serve cold-drip coffee, which is so hot right now, cold-pressed juices and delicious locally-roasted barista coffee.

Another little tucked away gem, this time in the Market District, is the efficiently-named Market St. There are some absolute classic toasties on the menu that will complete all of your toastie dreams. One of the favourites is 'The Monsieur' (pictured below) - filled with Free Range Ham, Swiss Gruyere Cheese & Dijon Mustard. Bellissimo! 

With the ambitious goal of creating 52 recipes over 52 weeks, there's a new toastie hitting the 'sandwich board' here every week! Delighting customers with cleverly-named creations such as 'Since U Bean Gone' - smokey baked beans, chorizo and vintage cheddar or 'Thyme after Thyme' - pulled chicken, thyme, apricot jam, goats cheese and baby spinach, along with vego options such as 'It was only a Swiss' - mushrooms, Swiss cheese, pesto, grilled onions & baby spinach. Feeling peckish yet? Offering gluten-free bread and served with gluten-free crisps, it might just be time flutter on over to this funky little cafe in the leafy south east of the city.

As the name suggests Toast specialise in the humble toastie – reinvented. Serving up toasties made from thick cut white bread, pita and brioche with fillings like chicken souvlaki, red onion, tomato and cheese, pulled-pork and smokey BBQ sauce and salami, napolitana, basil and mozzarella. They even serve dessert jaffles featuring indulgent fillings like Nutella & marshmallow and peanut butter & chocolate!

With a motto like ‘Good food, good mood’ we think you’ll be in ‘good hands’. Sanitised first of course! 

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