The Cubans my wife made. They were the best example I have ever had.
- Instant pot citrus pork shoulder. I don't know how but it was the most citrussy pork I've ever had
- grocery store smoked honey ham
- some kind of cheese. Provolone?
- good chunky mustard
- Ciabatta roll
- grilled and smashed flat on a hot cast iron with lots of butter
I could Se7en Gluttony kill myself on these if the supply was available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Italian hoagie from around Philly. Easily.
A well made cheesesteak.
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”
Not much love for the Club Sandwich. I think it's the best.
Shawarma sandwich
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.
There are fancier options, but it's hard to top a good homemade bacon, egg, and cheese, with crispy bacon and buttery toast.
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.
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 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/Tunnbröd ), 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.
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.
Cuban, followed by Rueben. There really is no competition
A BLT with fresh summer tomatoes from your own garden and home made mayo.
pepperoni and lettuce
I am incredibly basic
Shredded chicken, pesto, mozzarella, and tomato on a ciabatta or sourdough panini
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.
Love Cuban sandwiches. Recently also started liking mortadella (Bourdain style).
That would be the Paisano, from Paisano’s in Philadelphia.
I'm surprised to not see any gyro lovers in this thread.
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.
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.
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.
Smores
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
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.
Store Roasted Beef, Fresh Crusty Italian Bread, sliced Store made Mozzarella, Store roasted red peppers, laddled with pan juices, salt and pepper
Generic cheese in bread.
Meatloaf and mayo.
Raclette
A cheeseburger.
Chilli dogs!
Me and two chicks.
Haven't tried it, but it's good in my imagination.
