Age 3

When Age 3 opened in Sydney, there were hour-long queues snaking around the block full of people eager to try the signature fried sandwiches. That's because before it even opened Age 3 was famous. It started in Ginza, a glitzy suburb in Tokyo, where the sandwiches – milk bread fried until golden, split open and stuffed with anything from strawberries and cream to curry – had become the main character in countless social media posts. Age 3 then expanded to another site in Japan, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and now it has an Australian home in Sydney's Ultimo. Choose from 32 flavours – red bean, butter and cream; creme brulee; potato salad and egg; tuna mayonnaise; cinnamon apple pie – pair it with a cold drink, maybe a matcha or a yuzu mojito mocktail and contemplate whether the wait was worth it.