Hamed Allahyari | Cafe Sunshine & SalamaTea

Hamed Allahyari is a Persian chef with a heart for others and a soul-warming laugh. I went out to Sunshine Café in Sunshine the other day and spoke to the café’s other founder, Jen Morillac. Jen and Hamed wanted to run a place that could employ refugees and asylum seekers who have had difficult time finding employment in Australia. In addition to that loveliness, they are making everything except the croissants from scratch, aiming for zero waste and do not have takeaway cups. Hamed wasn’t there when I visited, so we had a chat on the phone.