When, last month, we launched Sandwich Watch – a column dedicated to the Brisbane sangers you need to know about – reader recommendations came in thick and fast over Brisbane Times’ social media channels. And one name came up more than a few times: Supernice. Haven’t heard of it? That’s OK because we barely knew of it either.
But we had to try these sandwiches, apparently. Well, it took a couple of visits to sift through this tiny Bowen Hill shop’s menu of focaccias and sourdough toasties, but eventually we agreed that, yes, Supernice makes some very good sandwiches indeed – and there’s one in particular that you absolutely need to check out. But first, about Supernice Supernice is the creation of chef Dalip Singh and his partner, barista Sherman Yeung.
Hidden away on a backstreet of Bowen Hills, this was very much a post-pandemic project for the couple. “I’ve been a chef for nearly 12 years now,” Singh says. “Before this, I was working at Tattersall’s Club in the city .
.. we were always planning to open something but then things got scary with the pandemic so we thought, ‘OK, you have to find a balance where it’s not huge because things are getting so hard’.
“So we decided to do a small cafe focusing on things we like.” Singh and Yeung did a lot of research, travelling to Melbourne, in particular, just as that city’s sandwich craze was kicking into high gear. “We’re doing things we like to eat, so our menu isn’t huge,” Singh says.
