I remember my first visit to A1 Bakery and being astounded by the cheap prices for the freshly baked lebanese pizzas. Well, amost 5 years on and it’s still dirt cheap, mostly hovering around the $3 mark.
My zaatar pizza ($1.50!) consisted of a soft pillowy base, the complete opposite of a crispy Italian crust, topped with a tangy zaatar. There’s lots of other (basic) toppings to choose from, and the warm bready base was so good that I could have kept eating and eating. However, I wanted to save room for one of the delicious baklava – a morsel of intense sweetness with firm filo pastry and a hint of orange-blossom water ($1).
On a Monday afternoon the spartan dining area was a microcosm of harmonious multicultural Australia: pimple-faced youths; middle-aged Lebanese men arguing animatedly; stout po-faced matrons dressed in black hajibs; and Anglo families with kids mesmerised by the lurid Lebanese music video on the flat screen TV. It made me feel warm and fuzzy inside!
- A1 Bakery, 645 Sydney Rd, Brunswick (and other locations) +61 3 9386 0440
Trust me a1 isnt as good as Samalara bakery (69b taggerty crest medow heights)
Good to know!
I’m eating a simple sesame bread with cheese from the A1 bakery and it tastes incredible delicous!