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Save<\/p>\nFor two days only, Italian sandwich shop Saluministi is throwing it back to 2016 prices, selling its stellar, signature porchetta panino for $12 \u2013 instead of the usual $22.<\/p>\n
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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n In 2016, when the first permanent Saluministi location opened in Docklands, Melbourne\u2019s sandwich scene was nothing like the rich and many layered thing it has rocketed into<\/a> over the past decade.<\/p>\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t really a lot of competition when we started,\u201d says Peter Mastro, who founded the Italian sandwich shop alongside Frank Bressi. \u201cBurgers were huge at that time, but there weren\u2019t a lot of porchetta panini,\u201d which is what they have become most renowned for. <\/p>\n For two days only \u2013 this Thursday and Friday \u2013 Saluministi is celebrating 10 years in Docklands by reinstating 2016 pricing for its porchetta sandwich. It\u2019s one of Melbourne\u2019s best<\/a>, and this week you can get it for $12 instead of the usual $22.<\/p>\n \u201cMelbourne loves a bargain, so we\u2019ll have a whole lot of pork ready to go,\u201d says Mastro. \u201cAnd we won\u2019t be skimping out: it\u2019ll be the same 170 to 180 grams you normally get.\u201d<\/p>\n Sandwich Watch<\/a> retried Saluministi\u2019s signature sanga before the 10-year festivities to check if it\u2019s still as good as it once was. The offer happens to coincide with Good Food\u2019s 100 Essential Cafes and Bakeries<\/a> of Melbourne 2026, which launches on Friday.<\/p>\n Restaurant reviews, news and the hottest openings served to your inbox.<\/p>\n Sign up<\/a>Pork that\u2019s forking good<\/p>\n For its three stores, Saluministi rolls and roasts as many as 200 kilos of porchetta a week, with a recipe that\u2019s been perfected over more than a decade. Its take on the Italian pork roast mashes up the Roman and Abruzzese styles, Mastro says, with free-range loin and skin-on belly rolled and flavoured with fennel seeds, rosemary, thyme and \u201cone secret ingredient\u201d. It\u2019s first blasted with heat for textbook crackling, then cooked low and slow for four hours to ensure juiciness and tenderness. The hot porchetta is shaved thickly to order on a dedicated slicer, so there\u2019s ideal dispersion \u2013 a bit of everything in every bite \u2013 and no almighty porky slab to contend with.<\/p>\n Extras that nail the balance<\/p>\n \u201cWe were scared to change the Big Mac, so to speak,\u201d says Mastro of mixing up the fillings in his bestselling sandwich. But there have been a few different iterations over the years. He\u2019s done away with the artichoke paste and pecorino. Now the balance is even better, with a substantial slice of asiago, the cow\u2019s milk cheese that\u2019s a little milder and a little less salty than the pecorino. It works well given how liberally seasoned the meat is. Brightening it up is a simply dressed salad of rocket and finely shaved fennel.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve got two options: a fresh ciabatta roll from the bakery at Tullamarine\u2019s Pasta Al Dente, or a wad of Saluministi\u2019s own house-baked, long-fermented sourdough focaccia. \u201cIt\u2019s not too heavy, not too light … and we make more throughout the day,\u201d says Mastro.<\/p>\n How do I get one?<\/p>\n The porchetta panino is available at all three Saluministi locations: 892 Bourke Street, Docklands; Shop 3\/697 Collins Street, Docklands; and 388 Flinders Lane, Melbourne. It\u2019s $12 on Thursday and Friday, July 23 and 24; normally it\u2019s $22.<\/p>\n This is the latest instalment of Sandwich Watch<\/a>, a column dedicated to the Melbourne sandwiches you need to know about.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"Saluministi\u2019s](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/fb237ee9e11b6da6ff6aa0e9dddc9c260b728c92.jpeg\")
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