I love a good Reuben. With Russian dressing, rather than Thousand Island. I know the only real difference is a small amount of relish, but it makes the sandwich better.
A few minutes ago I made a Reuben with cooked frozen pizza slices as the bread. It was amazing. I swear I am not stoned, which my wife accused me of being.
Mine's the Vietnamese bánh mì. Cucumbers, cilantro, pickled carrots and daikon, jalapeños, mayo spread (similar to Kewpie), paté, and your choice of meat, on a Vietnamese baguette. I prefer traditional cold cuts, char siu (xa xiu), or meatballs (xiu mai). And I always pay for extra paté.👌🏼
Ooh. There's a place in Seattle called Un Bien that makes a great Cuban sandwich. The original cook from Paseo (their Cuban style sandwich won 2014's best sandwich in Seattle) left and opened Un Bien. I always make sure to stop by when I get the chance!
A BLT dressed up with avocado. The quality of the vegetables is key. Doing it right requires fresh lettuce and tomatoes from the backyard garden. Nothing store-bought can compare.
If you salt them and let them sit for a bit (like 10 min?) before assembling, it’ll amp up the flavor of the tomato slice & draw out some of the moisture; leaving you with a less soggy BLT.
I didn’t believe that nonsense until I tried it, now I slice & season tomatoes first. It’s kinda crazy.
The Reuben is up there. A delightful combination of creamy (Swiss), hearty (Rye), salty (corned beef), sweet (Thousand Island dressing), and tart (sauerkraut). Those are like, the Power Rangers of sandwich ingredients. When they combine, the end result is unstoppable.
If you asked me individually about each of those ingredients, I'd tell you I wasn't really a fan (besides the kraut. Love me some kraut), but when they are all together, it really is a Megazord of delight!
Cuban sandwiches are the perfect example of something that invokes a feeling of "it CAN'T be that Earth-shatteringly good," when you first hear about it. In all innocence, you're like "it's just a pork sandwich, right? How can it be this big of a deal to people?"
But then you have a well-made one, and you want to build a time-machine, just so you can go back in time and slap yourself in the fucking face for thinking that dumb shit. Because they're absolutely the best sandwich, and you WILL fight anyone who says different.
Had my first muffaletta in the NOLA French Quarter during Mardi Gras. It was 3AM or so, in the middle of an all night pub crawl, ordered a "half muff" and my goodness. Perfect drunk food lol
Seriously, sandwiches made my wife just taste better. The joke is that the secret ingredient is "love," but in reality, the secret ingredient probably is the love and gratitude you feel for the sandwich artist.
Someone already mentioned the Reuben, which is delicious, but an authentic pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and just enough barbeque sauce to taste it is one of the best things on earth. I could drink that creamy, bbq-y, pork juice that leaks out like Gatorade.
PB&J. Merely because it's the only sandwich in my mind that can fulfill a hearty, sweet craving and be satisfying every time. The simplicity is second to none, it brightens up my day each time I eat it.
Beef pattie + bacon + fried egg + cheese + mayo. That's what I want. In every burger.
In Australia we have a "works" burger that is steak + bacon + egg + onion + lettuce + beetroot + cheese + mayo, and sometimes pineapple too. It's amazing, it's my favourite burger.
I don't know why but sandwiches from somewhere always seem to taste better to me than ones I make at home, even if I copy it exactly. I don't know if it's psychological or what, but I'm always at least 10% disappointed with my homemade sandwiches.
I could have fresh crunchy lettuce, fancy mustard, premium meats, sprinkles or celery salt, fresh onion, whatever - it still doesn't match some sandwich I get out and about. I don't get it.
Tuna salad on toasted wheat bread with spinach, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, banana peppers and nacho cheese doritos smooshed into the sandwich.
Easily my go to comfort food when either my husband or I am deployed/TDY and I get sad/lonely.
One day a couple of years ago, we had some meatloaf and some baked mac&cheese leftovers that my wife had made. The next day I got a loaf of homemade sourdough from the farmers market that pops up every Saturday. I sliced off about a half-inch thick slice of the meatloaf and the baked mac&cheese with that fresh sourdough and grilled a sandwich that I really hope to be able to replicate at least once more before I die...
Here in NJ we’re known for not only your traditional deli hoagies (or heros, subs, whatever you want to call them), but also “fat sandwiches”. They’re usually characterized by having a ton of greasy stuff loaded into them. My personal favorite is from a place in Princeton; the sandwich is called a Sanchez. It’s a chicken cutlet sandwich with a tangy orange sauce, mozzerella sticks, and French fries on it. Horrible for you, but it’s the ultimate drunk food. Rutgers campus is also well known for their fat sandwiches you can get from food trucks affectionately known as “grease trucks”
Smoked tri-tip steak to medium rare/medium and then sliced thin, lots of grilled onions, and melted swiss served on a freshly toasted baguette with au jus or warmed bbq sauce
I know it's not really that fancy but I like turkey club sandwiches. If you don't know what it is it's basically a BLT but with the addition of turkey. I usually put mayonnaise and either provolone or colby jack on them as well.
The PB&Js your mom made and cut into quarters diagonally and brought out to you and your friends playing in the backyard when you were six. The ones with the toothpicks in them, indicating they have crunchy PB. Best after sitting for ten minutes so the jelly starts to leak into the bread a little bit. With a glass of milk.
The best sandwich I have ever had was a home made Swedish breakfast wrap...
I fried an egg and some bacon, took a soft tunnbröd ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnbr%C3%B6d ), buttered it, put some melt cheddar from a local dairy, put the hot fried egg on the cheese, and put the bacon on top, I didn't have any tomatoe, I skipped it and just rolled the tunbröd into a wrap and ate it.
Fancy - perfectly roasted Porchetta on a homemade roll. Mayo mixed with the cracklins, Fresh chimichurri on top, bread lightly toasted in some of the pork fat.
Plain - perfect BLT with a perfect fried egg. Heirloom tomatoes in season with salt, pepper and olive oil, crisp cold butter lettuce, garlic aioli and butter toasted sourdough. Thick cut applewood smoked bacon cooked slowly in an oven and maybe some fresh avocado.
The best sandwich I ever had was a simple toasted ham and Swiss on white bread. Cheap grocery store variety.
I was starving, been working outdoors all day, hadn’t really eaten much for breakfast or lunch and it was probably 3 pm or so.
On of those things where you put off being hungry and you don’t realize you’re hungry until you see the food appear. It was the best sandwich I’d ever had, and there’s no way to recreate how good it was without being equally as tired and hungry.
Other than that, there’s this place called “Peter’s Super Beef” in Revere, MA. They make my favorite Italian sub with everything on it and hot peppers. Don’t know if they’re still around, but I’d have that again any day.
The best sandwich in the world was the ham and cheese one I had yesterday. It was a couple days old, but I put it in the toaster oven for a few minutes, and since it was after all the best sandwich in the world, it was still pretty good. Sorry world, I ate it.
Toasted ham and cheese with quality ingredients.
It's a tasty marriage of sweet sugar and salty ham, crisp toast and melty cheese.
Best one I made was when staying in Antwerp.
I got the cheese in Amersdam - a truffle gouda.
Butter was also dutch, from memory, but I can't recall exactly. Nice and salty.
Bread was local - Suikerbrood. Sweet bread that browns easily.
Ham was prosciutto from France somewhere.
Have to put the butter on the outside and pan-fry slowly to ensure the cheese melts. The
If you don't have a sweet brioche bread, sprinkle sugar on the butter to get that crisp, sweet exterior.
Yes, very sure! It's probably because I'm not Dutch that I even considered it. Turned out really well, had to use lower heat then you would for frying regular bread as not to burn.
Anything utilizing Dutch crunch bread is going to be damn good, I used to love a Togo’s #16 (Italian) on that with mayo back when they still had it as a bread option.
A Reuben with real rye bread and fresh sauerkraut.
But I really want to try the special sentient sandwich from adventure Time.
I love a good Reuben. With Russian dressing, rather than Thousand Island. I know the only real difference is a small amount of relish, but it makes the sandwich better.
I thought the difference was horseradish.
Yeah. Now that you say that, I think you're right.
A few minutes ago I made a Reuben with cooked frozen pizza slices as the bread. It was amazing. I swear I am not stoned, which my wife accused me of being.
I am stoned and I'd try it lol
I'm Finnish and I'm apprehensive towards your concept of "real rye bread".
I remember seeing a lot of Reubens when watching House MD, and the rye bread was always so light coloured.
This is what I see as "real" rye bread
Mine's the Vietnamese bánh mì. Cucumbers, cilantro, pickled carrots and daikon, jalapeños, mayo spread (similar to Kewpie), paté, and your choice of meat, on a Vietnamese baguette. I prefer traditional cold cuts, char siu (xa xiu), or meatballs (xiu mai). And I always pay for extra paté.👌🏼
The one from Da Nang is the best, it has everything.
Shit, I was gonna say I'm partial to buffalo chicken, but bánh mì is pretty damn good too
Cuban sandwich.
Ooh. There's a place in Seattle called Un Bien that makes a great Cuban sandwich. The original cook from Paseo (their Cuban style sandwich won 2014's best sandwich in Seattle) left and opened Un Bien. I always make sure to stop by when I get the chance!
I live there and have never heard of this place. I’m going to check it out! Thanks :)
That sounds great. I’m almost across the country from there. SIGH 😔
A nice M.L.T. A mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich when the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe.
Ah yes, the sandwich second only to true love.
A BLT dressed up with avocado. The quality of the vegetables is key. Doing it right requires fresh lettuce and tomatoes from the backyard garden. Nothing store-bought can compare.
An LGBT?
Hell yeah, with lightly brined tomatoes… 🤤 Gotta let those maters soak up some salt before assembly time!
I just salt them on the sandwich. Tomatoes without salt are about half as good.
If you salt them and let them sit for a bit (like 10 min?) before assembling, it’ll amp up the flavor of the tomato slice & draw out some of the moisture; leaving you with a less soggy BLT.
I didn’t believe that nonsense until I tried it, now I slice & season tomatoes first. It’s kinda crazy.
Best I have ever had was this, but on cibatta with a spicy Cajun mayo type spread. From a local deli chain in Denver.
That sounds amazing!
BLAT!
The Reuben is up there. A delightful combination of creamy (Swiss), hearty (Rye), salty (corned beef), sweet (Thousand Island dressing), and tart (sauerkraut). Those are like, the Power Rangers of sandwich ingredients. When they combine, the end result is unstoppable.
If you asked me individually about each of those ingredients, I'd tell you I wasn't really a fan (besides the kraut. Love me some kraut), but when they are all together, it really is a Megazord of delight!
The Cubans my wife made. They were the best example I have ever had.
I could Se7en Gluttony kill myself on these if the supply was available.
Cuban sandwiches are the perfect example of something that invokes a feeling of "it CAN'T be that Earth-shatteringly good," when you first hear about it. In all innocence, you're like "it's just a pork sandwich, right? How can it be this big of a deal to people?"
But then you have a well-made one, and you want to build a time-machine, just so you can go back in time and slap yourself in the fucking face for thinking that dumb shit. Because they're absolutely the best sandwich, and you WILL fight anyone who says different.
Came in here specifically to say a Cuban and it's the first thing I see already mentioned.
Those things are so damn good.
I want to hear more about this citrussy.
Jokes aside sounds amazing. Cubans are really good. My wife makes them as eggrolls.
Monte Cristo
Turkey, ham, cheese on bread and then you dip the entire sandwich in a batter or just seasoned eggs (like French toast) and then deep fried.
Served with raspberry jam usually.
Very hard to find a good one.
The Bahn Mi is the bomb diggity food of the gods.
First ever Australian Bahn Mi Festival tomorrow(in Perth), I can not wait!
Bro I'm from Perth and I just saw this message, I f'kn missed it!
I missed it, taking care of family.
And by all reports, going next year may be the better option... expected 2000 turnout, got 5000 people... 2 portaloos, no traffic management etc.
But then 15 types of Bahn Mi would probably be worth it.
Had my first muffaletta in the NOLA French Quarter during Mardi Gras. It was 3AM or so, in the middle of an all night pub crawl, ordered a "half muff" and my goodness. Perfect drunk food lol
This is correct. Extra credit if the muffaletta is from Cochon Butcher in New Orleans
What if I couldn't be bothered and just grabbed one from Canseco's
If you're in southern Louisiana you get some bonus points at the least
I think the only reason muffaletta isn't mentioned more here is that people simply aren't aware of its existence.
It's in a dead heat with a proper reuben, though. They both get to exist because you can't get a perfect one in the same place.
So, from a cursory search, it's like a charcuterie board in sandwich form?
Songs good either way!
One that you didn't have to make for yourself.
But my sandwiches are always better...
Your sandwiches would be even better if they were eaten by me.
But I wanna eat em!
Cliché, but the one someone else made for you.
Seriously, sandwiches made my wife just taste better. The joke is that the secret ingredient is "love," but in reality, the secret ingredient probably is the love and gratitude you feel for the sandwich artist.
That must be quite the sandwich. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Just spread a little mayo down there.
Needs more pickle.
Waffles deserve whipped butter
Someone already mentioned the Reuben, which is delicious, but an authentic pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and just enough barbeque sauce to taste it is one of the best things on earth. I could drink that creamy, bbq-y, pork juice that leaks out like Gatorade.
croque monsieur
The inferior sandwich to a croque madame.
How dare you, Madame!
Try a Francesinha sometime.
For me it's a good Philly Cheesesteak.
Can't believe it's this far down!
Same. If I've got the money, and I'm somewhere new and they have it, I'm ordering this. The Venice Whaler (back in 2011) was so far my favorite.
Soft boiled egg, tomatoes, home made mayo, black pepper and salt on a French baguette. Simple and just perfectly fine.
There's something particularly good about just boiled eggs, black pepper, and mayo on buttered bread. I've had this one a few times.
PB&J. Merely because it's the only sandwich in my mind that can fulfill a hearty, sweet craving and be satisfying every time. The simplicity is second to none, it brightens up my day each time I eat it.
It's got the least mess and clean up. Filling and not entirely unhealthy. Vegans can eat it. But it may prove lethal to some. It's the best.
Can substitute jelly for banana or honey, but yeah. Peanut butter sandwich is the ultimate sustenance and comfort. Like a hug from mom.
Egg Burger.
Beef pattie + bacon + fried egg + cheese + mayo. That's what I want. In every burger.
In Australia we have a "works" burger that is steak + bacon + egg + onion + lettuce + beetroot + cheese + mayo, and sometimes pineapple too. It's amazing, it's my favourite burger.
This, but needs a splash of hot sauce (preferably cholula) to really set it off!
Gimme
Almost any sandwich that wasn't made at home.
I don't know why but sandwiches from somewhere always seem to taste better to me than ones I make at home, even if I copy it exactly. I don't know if it's psychological or what, but I'm always at least 10% disappointed with my homemade sandwiches.
I could have fresh crunchy lettuce, fancy mustard, premium meats, sprinkles or celery salt, fresh onion, whatever - it still doesn't match some sandwich I get out and about. I don't get it.
you are missing a key ingredient, disdain for the customer.
A BLT with pepper bacon thickly cut and crispy, fresh lettuce, fresh tomatoes, mustard, mayo, swiss cheese, and a splash of red wine vinegar.
A good mile-high Rueben with lots of sauerkraut and cheese. Or one of the big sloppy pastrami burgers at Crown Burger.
A fresh hot ham and cheese.
Warm up some finely sliced ham, melt some layers of Swiss in there, lightly toasted bread with a nice spread of mustard.
Literally just made me one of these and they are my favorite as well
Italian hoagie from around Philly. Easily.
Can't beat a basic ham, cheese, and tomato toasted sandwich.
Slip some salt and vinger in there before toasting and you have a full on mouth party.
Tuna salad on toasted wheat bread with spinach, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, banana peppers and nacho cheese doritos smooshed into the sandwich.
Easily my go to comfort food when either my husband or I am deployed/TDY and I get sad/lonely.
Whoa, what a feast for the senses, I've gotta try that one.
I love me a grilled cheese and turkey sandwich. Simple, but comforting. Although, turkey based sandwiches in general are a food weakness for me.
Jamón Ibérico on a French baguette.
Came here to extol the virtues of the Monte Cristo . Raspberry Jam is also excellent.
A well made cheesesteak.
Not much love for the Club Sandwich. I think it's the best.
One day a couple of years ago, we had some meatloaf and some baked mac&cheese leftovers that my wife had made. The next day I got a loaf of homemade sourdough from the farmers market that pops up every Saturday. I sliced off about a half-inch thick slice of the meatloaf and the baked mac&cheese with that fresh sourdough and grilled a sandwich that I really hope to be able to replicate at least once more before I die...
Shawarma sandwich
Here in NJ we’re known for not only your traditional deli hoagies (or heros, subs, whatever you want to call them), but also “fat sandwiches”. They’re usually characterized by having a ton of greasy stuff loaded into them. My personal favorite is from a place in Princeton; the sandwich is called a Sanchez. It’s a chicken cutlet sandwich with a tangy orange sauce, mozzerella sticks, and French fries on it. Horrible for you, but it’s the ultimate drunk food. Rutgers campus is also well known for their fat sandwiches you can get from food trucks affectionately known as “grease trucks”
Sounds lovely😎
Smoked tri-tip steak to medium rare/medium and then sliced thin, lots of grilled onions, and melted swiss served on a freshly toasted baguette with au jus or warmed bbq sauce
With with juice?
Come again?
"Au jus" means "with juice."
Til
There are fancier options, but it's hard to top a good homemade bacon, egg, and cheese, with crispy bacon and buttery toast.
I know it's not really that fancy but I like turkey club sandwiches. If you don't know what it is it's basically a BLT but with the addition of turkey. I usually put mayonnaise and either provolone or colby jack on them as well.
Prime rib with horseradish mayo, onions, pickles, on a sandwich roll.
The PB&Js your mom made and cut into quarters diagonally and brought out to you and your friends playing in the backyard when you were six. The ones with the toothpicks in them, indicating they have crunchy PB. Best after sitting for ten minutes so the jelly starts to leak into the bread a little bit. With a glass of milk.
Mmmm. And with the crust cut off... Big nostalgia factor for sure.
Crunchy peanut butter is a scam. It's an unfinished product that they fooled you into buying.
The best sandwich I have ever had was a home made Swedish breakfast wrap...
I fried an egg and some bacon, took a soft tunnbröd ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnbr%C3%B6d ), buttered it, put some melt cheddar from a local dairy, put the hot fried egg on the cheese, and put the bacon on top, I didn't have any tomatoe, I skipped it and just rolled the tunbröd into a wrap and ate it.
It was very soggy, but tasted soo good.
Fancy - perfectly roasted Porchetta on a homemade roll. Mayo mixed with the cracklins, Fresh chimichurri on top, bread lightly toasted in some of the pork fat.
Plain - perfect BLT with a perfect fried egg. Heirloom tomatoes in season with salt, pepper and olive oil, crisp cold butter lettuce, garlic aioli and butter toasted sourdough. Thick cut applewood smoked bacon cooked slowly in an oven and maybe some fresh avocado.
Cuban, followed by Rueben. There really is no competition
One that my Mum makes when I'm feeling sick.
My Dad was right when he told me as a kid that nothing beats home made.
I gotta try that second one, thanks!
I know this is a sandwich thread... But... This but instead of bread, a flour tortilla toasted over a gas stove top. For all of them.
Add granola to the banana peanut butter mixes.
The best sandwich I ever had was a simple toasted ham and Swiss on white bread. Cheap grocery store variety.
I was starving, been working outdoors all day, hadn’t really eaten much for breakfast or lunch and it was probably 3 pm or so.
On of those things where you put off being hungry and you don’t realize you’re hungry until you see the food appear. It was the best sandwich I’d ever had, and there’s no way to recreate how good it was without being equally as tired and hungry.
Other than that, there’s this place called “Peter’s Super Beef” in Revere, MA. They make my favorite Italian sub with everything on it and hot peppers. Don’t know if they’re still around, but I’d have that again any day.
The best sandwich in the world was the ham and cheese one I had yesterday. It was a couple days old, but I put it in the toaster oven for a few minutes, and since it was after all the best sandwich in the world, it was still pretty good. Sorry world, I ate it.
A BLT with fresh summer tomatoes from your own garden and home made mayo.
pepperoni and lettuce
I am incredibly basic
The Italian sandwich at Monica’s Mercato in the north end of Boston.
Took them like 15 minutes to make and it was absolutely delicious.
Shredded chicken, pesto, mozzarella, and tomato on a ciabatta or sourdough panini
I'm surprised to not see any gyro lovers in this thread.
That would be the Paisano, from Paisano’s in Philadelphia.
Love Cuban sandwiches. Recently also started liking mortadella (Bourdain style).
Toasted ham and cheese with quality ingredients. It's a tasty marriage of sweet sugar and salty ham, crisp toast and melty cheese.
Best one I made was when staying in Antwerp. I got the cheese in Amersdam - a truffle gouda. Butter was also dutch, from memory, but I can't recall exactly. Nice and salty. Bread was local - Suikerbrood. Sweet bread that browns easily. Ham was prosciutto from France somewhere.
Have to put the butter on the outside and pan-fry slowly to ensure the cheese melts. The If you don't have a sweet brioche bread, sprinkle sugar on the butter to get that crisp, sweet exterior.
Yes, very sure! It's probably because I'm not Dutch that I even considered it. Turned out really well, had to use lower heat then you would for frying regular bread as not to burn.
While high I once made a club sandwich of BLT on bottom PB&J on top. The BLT had hot sauce.
Still dream about that sandwich
Generic cheese in bread.
Smores
A hotdog 🌭, has its own emoji even.
🥪
Store Roasted Beef, Fresh Crusty Italian Bread, sliced Store made Mozzarella, Store roasted red peppers, laddled with pan juices, salt and pepper
Anything utilizing Dutch crunch bread is going to be damn good, I used to love a Togo’s #16 (Italian) on that with mayo back when they still had it as a bread option.
Meatloaf and mayo.
A cheeseburger.
Raclette
Chilli dogs!
Me and two chicks.
Haven't tried it, but it's good in my imagination.