An enterprising pair of Jewish sandwich makers have scooped a "sarnie" - the sandwich-makers oscars - for a special creation that unfortunately mixes meat and milk.  Best friends David Wolanski and Marc Lewis battled high street chains to scoop the innovative sandwich of the year trophy at the British Sandwich Association's awards ceremony last week.
But the North London pair, both 26, who own Café Soho in Central London admit to a twinge of Jewish guilt when describing their champion ciabatta.
The Soho2Go combines rare Scotch roast beef with horseradish coleslaw, dill pickle, Swiss emmenthal and watercress seasoned with cracked pepper and served on warm olive bread.  Former JFS pupil Wolanski said: "This is a sandwich I created which all our customers absolutely love.  It does mix milk and meat but we can make it without the beef if people ask."
In June 2001 the friends bought a café from an elderly Jewish couple and set to revamping it for a younger audience.
Wolanski said: "We've twiddled the formula a bit and now it's the local Soho hang-out for young professionals and celebrities."
Modelling their style on the classic New York kosher deli, the pair cook their own salt beef and buy their bagels from a Hendon Bakery.
Their best-selling creations include smoked turkey, char-grilled chicken and a special tuna mix with a secret ingredient on soft white bread.
After recruiting their mothers, Doris Wolanski and Jeanette Lewis as bakers, the cafe's cranberry cheesecakes and apple pies really have the touch of a yiddishe mama.
The boys certainly know on which side their bread is buttered.
Wolanski said: "We love what we do, and our passion for food is definitely down to having Jewish mothers.  My mum is the best cook in the world."