Korean gastronomic culture has a habit of taking a perfectly fine-as-it-is food and then elevating it to another glorious standard. We first saw it occur with Fatcaron, the bigger and thicker style Korean version of French macarons, and now the humble and no-nonsense toastie loved by millions has been updated and upgraded thanks to Toastie Smith.
Inspired by Korean-chain restaurant Isaac Toast, Toastie Smith serves up ten toastastic variations as well as coffees, smoothies and sodas. When it opened its first store in Sydney (there are now five locations) it wasn’t uncommon to find lines of people waiting to get their hands and mouths around these OTT, devilishly scrumptious and hunger-satisfying sandwiches.
With Le Cordon Bleu-trained chefs making the toasties fresh to order and always warm and crispy, little needs to be said about why these toasties are soooooo good.
Take for example the Eggsmith, Toastie Smith’s signature item on the menu: a brioche bun (all the toasties are made with brioche buns) sandwiching together scrambled eggs, cheese, roasted sesame flavoured slaw, spicy tomato relish, sweet corn, fish roe, chives and chipotle. And the traditional egg-and-bacon brekky roll gets the treatment too with Bacon My Heart.
Other stand-outs include the Yakitori, Wagyu Beef Don, and Shrimp In The Egg. And if you’re not so keen on the egg in your toastie, then look to the Chicken Barbie or the Delish Fish to get your fix. Prices vary but no toastie will set you back more than $15.
Smoothies and sodas as well as tea and coffee are available as well.
From just the one store in Chatswood to five stories around Sydney, including in Darling Square, Barangaroo, Macquarie Centre and The Galeries, Toastie Smith has a loyal following in the city.