#271 Daniel Hilton & Luke Tomuri | Baba's Deli
Baba’s Deli is lovely. Owners Max and Aleesha have nailed what it means to offer excellent hospitality: friendly service, excellent sandwiches and $3 coffee. While getting chefs in to make sandwiches wasn’t the original plan, it has worked out well for everyone, with friends, Daniel and Luke leaving stressful restaurant jobs to have fun every day wrangling the likes of Mama’s Vodka, the chicken schnitzel sandwich with vodka sauce, Baba’s Egg and Tayta’s Falafel and then go home at 3pm to socialise, go to footie matches or do whatever they like that they haven’t been able to do working in kitchens over the last twenty years. Daniel and Luke love working together at Baba’s and this was a glorious chat.
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