I remember my school lunch
sandwiches with disdain. My evil stepmum would work her magic on creating
something that couldn’t be eaten.
By the time lunchtime arrived, the filling of warm plastic cheese, wilted
lettuce, congealed chicken slice, and soggy tomatoes had turned the white bread
into jelly - nobody was surprised to see it in the bin.
Oh mum you tried!
Sometimes I would buy a bread roll and a packet of chips from the canteen,
definitely no discernable health benefits, but at least it was crunchy.
More satisfying were the after school versions that we made ourselves.
Fresh white bread, with
exactly the right amount of butter and
vegemite, It was a science.
Food is memory and I bet many
South Americans remember their version with mother love.
It's fresh white bread, a single slice of cheese with a slathering of
mayonnaise, and I'm sure this is their version of our vegemite variety.
This humble looking, but oh so tasty, sandwich was enjoyed at La Morenita and it did remind me of those vegemite days.
Nuevo Latino’s 'midnight
sandwich' is full of delicious pulled pork, crunchy pickled vegetables,
mustard, & is totally addictive.
Think - delicious weekend roast leftovers, and after watching the soccer on a
Sunday evening you start to get peckish.
Of course you want a midnight sandwich. It’s enough to carry you through
to the next morning.
Then there are the ‘sandwich like’ papusas
also served at Nuevo Latino.
These crafted corn discs ooze the meltingly delicious cheeses that make up the
filling.
Peel one apart (it’s how you tell a good one), fill with a little curtido and
sauce, fold together and eat like a Salvadoran.
Forget that diet for today!
Inside Little Saigon hides a Vietnamese treasure (well there are lots of treasures here but here we are talking about bread and sandwiches).
IMHO this is the best version of Banh Mi. At Nhu Ngoc bakery, ask for the “combination on a tiger roll” and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
African Taste offer the wonderful ‘injera’ bread (link to sandwich topic).
It’s tangy, and sponge like and used to pick up the yummy curries instead of cutlery.
So I was searching for the 'perfect sandwich' and I did find it at the Sourdough Bakery in Seddon.
One made with fresh sliced sour dough bread, highest quality sliced ham,
perfect pickles, bitter fresh rocket, & a home-made chutney.
Wow! If my mum could have made me a sandwich like this - I would
have eaten lunch every day.
