The Aporia · A Team Deli peddles Japanese curry sangers and banana bread cold foam

Matt Shea

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🔮 For food, banana bread and crumpets are served with house-made cinnamon butter, and a bacon and egg muffin is served with American cheese and house-made AT sauce (a combination of barbecue sauce and the cafe’s house herby mayonnaise)

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American Better Day Brisbane Grange Kao

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Kao PERSON · 5× American NORP · 3× Grange ORG · 2× A Team Deli ORG · 1× Allen Kao PERSON · 1× Better Day ORG · 1× Brisbane ORG · 1× Chih-Wei “Tiger” Hsu PERSON · 1× Hendra GPE · 1× Huskk ORG · 1×

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they’re really playing a supporting role to a bunch of toasted and fresh sandwiches. Most popular so far among the sourdough toasties, Kao says, is a chicken melt with pickles and caramelised onions, but there’s also Japanese beef curry with American cheese and curry mayo, and cheese and fig jam.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-09

2026-10-09 · The Sydney Morning Herald

A Team Deli peddles Japanese curry sangers and banana bread cold foam · assertive framing

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It’s interesting, the opportunities for hospitality businesses that still exist in Brisbane’s suburbs. asserted

that → ’ → suburbs

Not quite so many – particularly once you venture beyond the CBD and inner suburbs. asserted

you → venture → CBD

“I feel you get a lot of options south of the river,” says Allen Kao, who previously co-owned Better Day in Hendra. asserted

who → feel → Hendra

“But on the northside I don’t really feel you can get many different things apart from a full-menu cafe. asserted

you → feel → cafe

And not that many specialty coffee outlets … there are full-menu cafes around here that do good coffee, but not specialty coffee. asserted

that → be → coffee

“Around here” is Days Road in Grange, where Kao this week opened A Team Deli. asserted

Kao → open → Deli

Compared with the popular (and good) full-service Huskk down the hill, this is much more stripped back. asserted

this → compare → hill

Like many operators post-pandemic, Kao has elected to do just a couple of things and do them well – in this case, specialty coffee and sandwiches. asserted

Kao → elect → case

The cafe itself – previously home to an antique dealer – is similarly stripped back in its design. asserted

cafe → strip → design

An old weatherboard shop with large picture windows, Kao has contrasted its timber floorboards with a stainless-steel island counter and understated feature lighting. asserted

Kao → contrast → counter

Much of the seating is on a pair of verandahs that flank the central space. asserted

that → flank → space

The cafe’s striking green and white fascia board comes courtesy of Chih-Wei “Tiger” Hsu, who co-owns and completed the branding for Butter in Gaythorne and Alby’s in Wavell Heights. asserted

who → come → Heights

For drinks, coffee comes from Virginia’s Cavalier Coffee Roasters and is served espresso and via batch brew. asserted

coffee → come → brew

For food, banana bread and crumpets are served with house-made cinnamon butter, and a bacon and egg muffin is served with American cheese and house-made AT sauce (a combination of barbecue sauce and the cafe’s house herby mayonnaise) asserted

muffin → serve → sauce

melt → play → cheese

The fresh sandwiches are served on ciabatta and include beef brisket with pickles, caramelised onions, lettuce, American cheese and AT sauce; chicken caesar pickled onions and fried shallots; and peppercorn mortadella with stracciatella, gherkins, honey and crushed almonds. asserted

sandwiches → serve → stracciatella

“The neighbourhood and community know us already,” Kao says. asserted

Kao → know → us

“We’ve been running the cafe softly for a couple of weeks before the official launch and it’s been busier than we expected, given it’s been the school holidays.” Open Mon-Fri 6am-2pm, Sat-Sun 6.30am-2pm 46 Days Road, Grange asserted

it → run → launch

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