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These are the 15 best sandwiches in the world
Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: These are the 15 best sandwiches in the world.
A thickly filled, crispy, freshly made sandwich makes your day. One hundred percent. In the Netherlands, there are plenty of good sandwich shops (and really: in Amsterdam, you can also find enough tasty and cheap sandwiches to score), so plenty of delicious sandwiches within reach (Snackspert has another must-try for you). We Dutch are not the only sandwich-loving people. Everywhere in the world, people crave a good sandwich, and thus there are great universal favorites. TasteAtlas has researched which 100 sandwiches worldwide are rated the best. Here is the top 15.
15. PREGO (PORTUGAL)
We are definitely fond of Portuguese food – no wonder this Portuguese restaurant ranks very high on our favorites list. They can also make sandwiches there. Incredibly popular is the prego: a sandwich with beef cooked in garlic, onions, and wine, topped with mustard and hot sauce. You can also opt for a prego no prato. Then you get fries, rice, and a fried egg with it. Could this be the ultimate hangover food for the Portuguese? I wouldn't be surprised.
I was in Montreal a few years ago, and I regret not having eaten a Montreal smoked meat sandwich then. How unprepared can a foodie be? Just scandalous. What I would have gotten: a sandwich with meat. But not just any meat: it is first marinated for ten days in a mixture of herbs and spices, then smoked and placed on a rye sandwich spread with mustard. You also get fries, pickles, and coleslaw. Did I mention that I regretted it?
Anyone traveling and wanting to try the local cuisine must try the street food. So also in India, specifically in Mumbai. There, you really have to get a vada pav sandwich. What it is: a white bun with a ball of spicy mashed potatoes that is fried in chickpea batter. Once conceived as a cheap, easy-to-make snack for the Indian working class, but now so popular that all stands, ranks, and classes of the country are into vada pav.
Chivito means little goat in Spanish. But no, you don't get a goat sandwich when you order this sandwich in Uruguayan lunchrooms. What you do get is a gigantic tower of ingredients (grilled beef, ham, bacon, tomatoes, lettuce, melted mozzarella, and fried eggs) on a ciabatta roll. Where this creation comes from? Once, a Uruguayan chef was asked to make roasted goat, but he didn't have any, so he just made something with all the ingredients he could find in his kitchen. The chivito was born, and both Uruguayans and tourists are still very pleased with it.
You don't have to go to Cuba to eat a Cuban sandwich. No, you have to be in Florida, the sunshine state of the United States. It was Cuban immigrants who once came up with the combination of ham, roasted pork, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard on a sandwich as a counterpoint to the classic ham and cheese sandwich, which they found too boring. Want to make it yourself? We still have a delicious recipe for the Cuban sandwich for you.
Arepas are almost cultural heritage in Latin America, especially in Colombia and Venezuela. Originally, the sandwich is made from cornmeal. The arepa andina is different: they use wheat flour for that. The sandwich is simple but incredibly tasty, especially when filled with good ingredients. We think this recipe for Venezuelan arepas is divine.
Milanesa is the Italian version of the wienerschnitzel. Anyone ordering the sánguche de milanesa in Argentina is treated to a milanesa sandwich (a kind of schnitzel), tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and mayonnaise. In some Argentine sandwich shops, you can also get a version with chimichurri, ham, or cheese. And with a bit of luck, your sandwich will also be accompanied by fries or mashed potatoes.
Did you think the Swedish sandwich classic was the IKEA meatball sandwich? Then you are mistaken (although this is indeed a bizarrely good idea – IKEA, are you listening?). No, the Swedes are crazy about Toast Skagen. And we understand why. It is a sandwich with chopped shrimp, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, white fish roe, dill, lemon, and butter. How delicious does this sound? I'm going to implement another idea with our yellow-blue friends at IKEA: sell Toast Skagen in your food corner!
In Argentina, they know how to make good sandwiches, it seems. It's available on almost every street corner: choripán, the Argentine equivalent of the All American hotdog. The sandwich consists of a large chorizo sausage and chimichurri. In principle, very simple, as you only need three ingredients. And yet it is incredibly tasty. The Choripán is the number 1 sandwich for many Argentinians, and tourists love it too. Anyone traveling in Argentina will undoubtedly come across street food stalls with choripáns in abundance. Want to try it at home? With this recipe for choripán you won't know what hit you, it's that good.
Crazy from lobster? Then you want to try a lobster roll now. You get a hot dog bun filled with cooked, butter-drenched lobster, lettuce, lemon juice, pepper, and salt. Incredibly delicious. Meanwhile, there are countless versions available in America, allowing you to taste them endlessly during your American road trip endless tasting.
We have arrived at the top 5 and we kick it off with the Vietnamese sandwich roasted pork belly, also known as bánh mì. It's no surprise that this sandwich ranks so high in the top 100 best sandwiches: it has been the sandwich of the moment. What is the bánh mì sandwich? A sandwich with crispy smoked pork belly, pickled carrots and daikon, cucumber, mayonnaise, chives, and cilantro. Spicy lovers can finish it off with some sliced chili peppers. This is a sandwich that you can effortlessly enjoy every day. No trip to Vietnam planned? Make the bánh mì sandwich with this recipe self.
Spiedie refers to the Italian word spiedo. No, not speedo, they only know that in Italian swimming pools. Spiedo is Italian for kitchen spit. This refers to the marinated meat that is roasted on a metal skewer and then placed on the sandwich. Americans love the Spiedie, which is why this sandwich holds a nice spot at 4.
Here they are again, the Argentinians. You could almost go on a sandwich holiday to the country. The most popular sandwich in Argentina – and partly for that reason in 3rd place in this top 100 – is the sandwich de lomo. This is the extreme version of the steak sandwich. Those who order the sandwich de lomo get a monstrous meal in front of them: a sandwich with lomo steak, tomatoes, onions, lettuce, mayonnaise, chimichurri, ham, cheese, and fried egg. Did you have a wild salsa night in Argentina? Then this sandwich is your life saver.
On the street, in restaurants, at birthday parties: anyone in Peru sees butifarras everywhere. It is the sandwich of Peru. The main ingredient of this sandwich is the jamón del pais: pig's foot cooked with garlic, oil, and chili peppers. You also taste salsa, lettuce, radish, and chili. A spicy sandwich, but super tasty. So tasty that it ranks second in the top 100 best sandwiches in the world.
And then number 1. The absolute best sandwich in the world can be found in Turkey, and it's called the tombik. Tombik resembles a döner kebab sandwich, but it cannot be compared to the after-party snack you devour after a night out. Especially not when you order it from a really good sandwich shop in Turkey. The tombik consists of shredded meat in a pide ekmek: a flat bread with a soft inside and a crispy outside. It is finished with ingredients of your choice, such as tomato, lettuce, and sauce. No other sandwich is rated as highly worldwide as the tombik, hence its coveted top position on the list.
Source and image: tasteatlas.com
