Best sandwich ever - recommendations

[sidekickdmr]

It's between two for me:

1. Chargrilled chicken, bacon, pesto and brie toasted sarnie

2. Smoked salmon, cream cheese, lots of lemon and pepper

Good crusty bread needed for both

[TIGA84]

The Gauge said:

Bedt I’ve had was a corned beef & mustard sandwich from Katz Diner in New York but it cost $27 !!!

Its a weird dichotomy Katz's. The food just about lives up to the hype, the rest is an overpriced, intimidating, sthole of a tourist trap. I hated it there both times I got dragged there when I was working in NY a couple of years ago.

Its like having your dinner money nicked by the school bully while standing in line in the queue for school lunch, being treated like st by the servers, sitting in a crappy disgusting dining hall but having an amazing lunch when you get to sit down.

[Legacywr]

Legacywr said:

Chip butty’s are fantastic, simple, and very British.

Fish finger sandwiches too, with proper, thick, ketchup

Baked bean sandwiches

[sean ie3]

sean ie3 said:

Had a Cuban sandwich from a Publix in Florida, really hit the mark, a sarnie to remember.

I think that this qualifies being a Sangweech, there is some lore on this.

[captain.scarlet]

Legacywr said:

Legacywr said:

Chip butty’s are fantastic, simple, and very British.

Fish finger sandwiches too, with proper, thick, ketchup

Baked bean sandwiches

The question then is whether putting either crisps or chips inside any savoury sandwich elevates it even further.

I'd be minded to say yes, and proper thick-cut chippy chips as the benchmark, before steak chips.

[Legacywr]

Crisp sandwiches are great, probably not had one for 40 years though.

[Ace-T]

Anyone tried this yet?

£28 quid sandwich from Harrods

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/...

[Voldemort]

Has nobody mentioned the Shooters sandwich yet? I'm sure it was on here I got the recipe. A superb sandwich only 'spoiled' by being expensive and a right faff to make.

Personally my top three in the hot sandwich category are in no particular order

The chip butty. Home cooked proper chips. In sliced white well buttered bread with a little salt and a coke zero
Bacon & 2 Egg. Plain streaky 6 slices minimum. In a 6" slab of fresh baguette with lots of butter and a strong tea
Pork, stuffing and apple sauce. On a bap (other regional bread names are ok). One side spread with stuffing, one with pork and apple in the middle. Also tea

For the cold sandwiches, there can be only one:
Lamb. On very thinly sliced brown bread and a glass of champagne.

[Stella Tortoise]

Voldemort said:

Has nobody mentioned the Shooters sandwich yet? I'm sure it was on here I got the recipe. A superb sandwich only 'spoiled' by being expensive and a right faff to make.

Personally my top three in the hot sandwich category are in no particular order

The chip butty. Home cooked proper chips. In sliced white well buttered bread with a little salt and a coke zero
Bacon & 2 Egg. Plain streaky 6 slices minimum. In a 6" slab of fresh baguette with lots of butter and a strong tea
Pork, stuffing and apple sauce. On a bap (other regional bread names are ok). One side spread with stuffing, one with pork and apple in the middle. Also tea

For the cold sandwiches, there can be only one:
Lamb. On very thinly sliced brown bread and a glass of champagne.

You have reminded me of a bap that a baker nearby used to sell, cold lamb bits in a minty mayo type slop, on a great bap with a packet of Walkers ready salted, a can of pop and a KitKat.

They have gone now.

[Adwillsy]

For me, i have a choice of two favourites:
A proper Cheese ploughman's - a la the Boscastle farm shop in cornwall

or

The Elvis sandwich

Bacon, smashed Banana and peanut butter

[craigjm]

Adwillsy said:

The Elvis sandwich

Bacon, smashed Banana and peanut butter

No jam?

[Tyre Tread]

sidekickdmr said:

It's between two for me:

1. Chargrilled chicken, bacon, pesto and brie toasted sarnie

2. Smoked salmon, cream cheese, lots of lemon and pepper

Good crusty bread needed for both

Substitute a toasted bagel for the bread on the smoked salmon one and you're right!

[22s]

Voldemort said:

Has nobody mentioned the Shooters sandwich yet? I'm sure it was on here I got the recipe. A superb sandwich only 'spoiled' by being expensive and a right faff to make.

I remember when that was posted! Must have been 10+ years ago?! Agreed - delicious but a complete headache. I also found the bread was a bit soggy after the "pressing" part of the recipe!

[CKY]

Voldemort said:

The chip butty. Home cooked proper chips. In sliced white well buttered bread with a little salt and a coke zero

Ftfy if you're having a chip butty don't mess about.

[Voldemort]

CKY said:

Voldemort said:

The chip butty. Home cooked proper chips. In sliced white well buttered bread with a little salt and a coke zero

Ftfy if you're having a chip butty don't mess about.

Good point, well made.

[Adwillsy]

craigjm said:

No jam?

You madman! unfortunately no jam over this side of the water hits the spot quite as well as an american grape jelly

[omniflow]

2 slices of nice robust bread - I like the pre-sliced sourdough they sell in several supermarkets.

Lightly toasted. Rub once slice with garlic, butter both slices.

Cover the non-garlic slice with sliced emmental and lightly grill to start the cheese melting.

Spread mustard and dill sauce on the other slice and cover with sliced rare roast beef - freshly roasted so it's still quite warm. Salt and pepper on the beef.

Add slices of tomato (preferably from a large slicing tomato), red onion to taste and slices of Mrs Elswood's Hamisha Cucumbers. Make sure you use the whole cucumbers and slice them yourself - the pre-sliced ones take on too much flavour from the pickling liquid.

Top with the slice with the melted cheese.

Unbeatable.

[The Gauge]

TIGA84 said:

The Gauge said:

Bedt I’ve had was a corned beef & mustard sandwich from Katz Diner in New York but it cost $27 !!!

Its a weird dichotomy Katz's. The food just about lives up to the hype, the rest is an overpriced, intimidating, sthole of a tourist trap. I hated it there both times I got dragged there when I was working in NY a couple of years ago.

Its like having your dinner money nicked by the school bully while standing in line in the queue for school lunch, being treated like st by the servers, sitting in a crappy disgusting dining hall but having an amazing lunch when you get to sit down.

I'd probably agree to that.
The Katz Diner sandwich has now ben knocked off my top spot thanks to a recommendation made over in the London Streetfood thread in the Holiday section. I went to Brick Lane and had a salt beef bagel which equalled the Kat Diner sandwich but was had for just £6.95

[daqinggregg]

That ratio of meat to bread, just looks wrong to me.

[daqinggregg]

C5_Steve said:

mikef said:

If anyone wants an amazing authentic lunchtime Banh Mi in London (near Liverpool Street), there's a French-Vietnamese chap that started out selling them from a bicycle trailer outside the Army Reserve Centre in Clifton Street, now upgraded to a pink van. Banh Mi and Sons

https://maps.app.goo.gl/abQGtpuYhV6UBX399

OMG that's a 5 min walk from me right now.

EDITED - I found him

Edited by C5_Steve on Wednesday 18th October 11:49

C5, Did you ever get round to trying the 'Pink Van' Banh Mi?