The ‘Bearded Bakers’ Are Exactly What We Prayed for This Ramadan

It’s A Fine & Dandy Weekend Coming Up In Dandenong The Bearded Bakers will be baking & shaking once more at 141 – 145 Lonsdale St, Dandenong this Thursday to Sunday, from 6pm till late. #knafeh #knafehbakery #knafehmelbourne #melbourne #melbourneeats #melbournedessert #beardedbakers

A photo posted by Knafeh Melbourne (@knafehmelbourne) on Jun 15, 2016 at 12:34am PDT

Knafeh is a traditional Middle Eastern desert filled with sweet cheese, topped pistachios, and dripping with sweet sweet sugar syrup; it’ll have you running for a glass of water afterwards. But now there’s an additional knafeh topping that’s making us extra thirsty, the Bearded Bakers.

Dance The Night Away Join The Bearded Bakers for another night of Dancing and Dessert. Here behind Sydney Wings and Things – 151 Canterbury Rd, Bankstown, from 6pm till late.

A video posted by Knafeh Sydney (@knafehsydney) on Apr 15, 2016 at 11:22pm PDT

Ameer El-Issa started the Knafeh after there was huge demand for the desert at his family’s cafe, the Shisha Bar and Grill,  which is “a re-purposed shipping container, adorned with street art and housing a commercial bakery.” The bakers, whose trademark is their sultry beards, consist of a mix of Palestinian Muslims and Christians who are baking their way into our hearts one bite of knafeh at a time. The containers, which pop up around Sydney and Melbourne, are named after El-Issa’s father’s hometown, Jerusalem, “we’re using it to bring you one of our families best kept secrets. Because the best things in life, are best shared.”

Bakers Got Talent They sing, they dance, they bake, they shake. What more could you need? Find them this week at 15-17 Weston St Brunswick (@codeblackcoffee) Thursday, 6pm – late Plus; Saturday: @pentridgecoburg 11am – 4pm #knafeh #knafehbakery #knafehmelbourne #melbourne #melbourneeats #melbournedessert #beardedbakers

A video posted by Knafeh Melbourne (@knafehmelbourne) on May 19, 2016 at 12:37am PDT

The Bearded Bakers don’t only serve the best knafeh in town, they also put on a show you had no idea you needed! They’re hipsters (the good kind), they’re Arab, they have Australian accents, THEY BAKE! Oh and they raised funds for Bowl Cancer Australia, can we just take a minute to #CantEven because anjed we literally can’t.

Baking is Serious Business Our Locations this week; @knafehsydney : 1024 The Horsley Drive, Wetherill Park @knafehmelbourne : Rear of Coburg Market 419 – 423 Sydney Rd Coburg. Join our bakers at one of our sites from 6pm till late tonight ? @fonsii #knafeh #knafehbakery #beardedbakers #streetfood #sydneydessert #sydneyfood #sydneyeats

A photo posted by Knafeh Sydney (@knafehsydney) on May 22, 2016 at 12:43am PDT

Their Instagram account has us drooling, for the knafeh of course…and possibly other reasons. Dear Bearded Bakers can you please ship your container on world tour, cause we really need yoooou…to make us some knafeh!

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