Scrawled in chalk above our heads: “The best thing since sliced bread”. Sliced is crossed out, replaced with “barbecued”.

Truer words were never spoken, nor scrawled on a restaurant wall.

The barbecued bread with whipped butter at Mt Hawthorn bar and wood-fired eatery Sonny’s is the best thing since someone in the Middle East decided they had some grains to grind 14,000 years ago.

The charred carbs arrived straight from head chef Sofika Boulton’s kitchen, smelling like campfire and served with butter so light it threatened to float away like a dandelion.

Opened late 2022 in a former Commonwealth Bank branch by experienced Perth bar and restaurant manager Jessica Blyth, who named the joint after her rescue greyhound, this Mt Hawthorn favourite feels like a hipster’s retro lounge room.

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