The dabeli at Swagat come packed individually in a simple plastic clamshell. When I first started buying them there, they came wrapped in aluminum foil. Regardless of the wrapper, what’s inside is a simple bread roll, possibly a hamburger bun, spread with chutney and stuffed with a sweet and aromatic and spicy mix of potatoes.
In any case, with regard to the Italian-style cutlet sandwich as it exists in America, these seem to be more prevalent on the East Coast–New York, New Jersey, et al. Many an Italian deli or sandwich shop menu in those areas boasts multiple sandwich options featuring chicken cutlets or even veal cutlets. By far the most common type of Italian-style sandwich featuring any kind of cutlet in the Chicago area is the Chicken Parmesan sandwich. Chicken Parm for short.
Korokke Pan, or korokke sando consist of traditional Japanese korokke–potato, or meat and potato, or potato and vegetable–in a long thin bread roll much like a hot dog bun, with shredded cabbage, some combination of sauces likely to contain Japanese Worcestershire and/or Tonkatsu sauce, and is garnished with a sprig of parsley. They are sold in prepackaged form at Japanese conbini, convenience stores like 7-11, which I am told have a much tastier food selection than the 7-11s around here.
How did I miss cutlet? The answer is, I didn’t, really. I noted back in March of 2018 that it had been added to the Wikipedia List of Sandwiches, and then for the next...
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