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ReviewGood Food Guide (Vic)South Melbourne

Hector’s Deli

Melbourne’s pioneer of the statement sandwich.

Beef and pickle toastie.
1 / 8Beef and pickle toastie.Cheyne Toomey
Chicken salad sandwich.
2 / 8Chicken salad sandwich.Hctor's Deli supplied Cheyne Toomey
Hector’s HCT is a riff on the classic ham, cheese, tomato trifecta.
3 / 8Hector’s HCT is a riff on the classic ham, cheese, tomato trifecta.Wayne Taylor
Rare beef sandwich.
4 / 8Rare beef sandwich.Cheyne Toomey
Maple-glazed doughnuts.
5 / 8Maple-glazed doughnuts.Supplied
The sausage muffin.
6 / 8The sausage muffin.Supplied
The famous chook sandwich.
7 / 8The famous chook sandwich.Jana Langhorst
Hector’s salad sanger.
8 / 8Hector’s salad sanger.Supplied

Contemporary$

Melbourne’s pioneer of the statement sandwich elevates the form to an art. Beef brisket with mustard pickles and kraut on rye will whisk you to Brooklyn, while a chicken schnitzel flaps satisfyingly over the edges of its bun. A square, maple-glazed doughnut is the perfect companion piece.

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