What's the best sandwich in the world?

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A Reuben with real rye bread and fresh sauerkraut.

But I really want to try the special sentient sandwich from adventure Time.

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 bĆ”nh mƬ. Cucumbers, cilantro, pickled carrots and daikon, jalapeƱos, mayo spread (similar to Kewpie), patĆ©, 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 patĆ©.šŸ‘ŒšŸ¼

The one from Da Nang is the best, it has everything.

Shit, I was gonna say I'm partial to buffalo chicken, but bƔnh mƬ 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. Iā€™m going to check it out! Thanks :)

That sounds great. Iā€™m almost across the country from there. SIGH šŸ˜”

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.

Hell yeah, with lightly brined tomatoesā€¦ šŸ¤¤ 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, itā€™ll amp up the flavor of the tomato slice & draw out some of the moisture; leaving you with a less soggy BLT.

I didnā€™t believe that nonsense until I tried it, now I slice & season tomatoes first. Itā€™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!

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.

I want to hear more about this citrussy.

Jokes aside sounds amazing. Cubans are really good. My wife makes them as eggrolls.

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.

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.

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Muffaletta. No contest.

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

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.

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

So, from a cursory search, it's like a charcuterie board in sandwich form?

Maybe in the same way pizza is just dough, sauce, and cheese.

It's all in the prep and the quality of ingredients. Absolutely requires the right bread, the right olives, quality meat, etc.

ClichƩ, 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.

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.

For me it's a good Philly Cheesesteak.

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.

A BLT with pepper bacon thickly cut and crispy, fresh lettuce, fresh tomatoes, mustard, mayo, swiss cheese, and a splash of red wine vinegar.

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!

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.

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.

I love me a grilled cheese and turkey sandwich. Simple, but comforting. Although, turkey based sandwiches in general are a food weakness for me.

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.

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.

A good mile-high Rueben with lots of sauerkraut and cheese. Or one of the big sloppy pastrami burgers at Crown Burger.

Here in NJ weā€™re known for not only your traditional deli hoagies (or heros, subs, whatever you want to call them), but also ā€œfat sandwichesā€. Theyā€™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. Itā€™s a chicken cutlet sandwich with a tangy orange sauce, mozzerella sticks, and French fries on it. Horrible for you, but itā€™s the ultimate drunk food. Rutgers campus is also well known for their fat sandwiches you can get from food trucks affectionately known as ā€œgrease trucksā€

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...

Not much love for the Club Sandwich. I think it's the best.

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.

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.

There are fancier options, but it's hard to top a good homemade bacon, egg, and cheese, with crispy bacon and buttery toast.

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

Prime rib with horseradish mayo, onions, pickles, on a sandwich roll.

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.

The best sandwich I have ever had was a home made Swedish breakfast wrap...

I fried an egg and some bacon, took a soft tunnbrƶd ( 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 tunbrƶd into a wrap and ate it.

It was very soggy, but tasted soo good.

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

A BLT with fresh summer tomatoes from your own garden and home made mayo.

That would be the Paisano, from Paisanoā€™s in Philadelphia.

The Italian sandwich at Monicaā€™s Mercato in the north end of Boston.

Took them like 15 minutes to make and it was absolutely delicious.

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).

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, hadnā€™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 donā€™t realize youā€™re hungry until you see the food appear. It was the best sandwich Iā€™d ever had, and thereā€™s no way to recreate how good it was without being equally as tired and hungry.

Other than that, thereā€™s this place called ā€œPeterā€™s Super Beefā€ in Revere, MA. They make my favorite Italian sub with everything on it and hot peppers. Donā€™t know if theyā€™re still around, but Iā€™d have that again any day.

Shredded chicken, pesto, mozzarella, and tomato on a ciabatta or sourdough panini

Anything utilizing Dutch crunch bread is going to be damn good, I used to love a Togoā€™s #16 (Italian) on that with mayo back when they still had it as a bread option.

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.

Whoa whoa whoaā€¦ Are you like very, very sure you made a toasted ham and cheese sandwich withā€¦ Suikerbrood? Iā€™m 100% sure no Dutch person ever would dare to even think about abusing suikerbrood for thatā€¦

Source: Iā€™m Dutch

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.

Hehe, Iā€™m still not convinced, but perhaps I could give it a try. Thanks for the inspiration though!

Store Roasted Beef, Fresh Crusty Italian Bread, sliced Store made Mozzarella, Store roasted red peppers, laddled with pan juices, salt and pepper

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

Me and two chicks.

Haven't tried it, but it's good in my imagination.