Singaporean Roti John
Singapore is an island, a city-state, a port town at the far south end of the Malay Peninsula. Its position at one end of the Strait of Malacca, the easiest route between the Indian...
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Po’ Boys, the hot subs of New Orleans
Have you ever heard of a cold cut po’ boy? I haven’t either. Though the sandwich is New Orleans’ take on the sub/torpedo/hoagie/hero/grinder style of sandwich, the fillings of a po’ boy are generally...
Pimento Cheese Sandwiches of the North
Commonly seen in stuffed green Spanish olives, and less commonly in pimento loaf, a disappearing deli staple of old, pimientos are simply a sweet mild red Spanish chili pepper. Pimento cheese, little heard of in...
From Spain to Venezuela and Beyond: the Pepito
The Pepito is a steak sandwich, served in different ways in various countries across Latin America. I am not sure what makes a steak sandwich a Pepito. The word essentially means “Little Pepe,” though...
The Belgian Mitraillette
Ah, Belgian food. Most people will think of chocolates or waffles. Some will think of steamed mussels and beer. Some may even think of filet Americaine or the sandwich we made with it last month,...
The Belgian Martino
The Martino is a Belgian sandwich consisting of filet Americaine–that is, raw minced beef mixed with seasonings, mayonnaise, and egg yolk then blended to a pink paste–spread on a split baguette and served with pickles,...
Sandwich Tribunal Presents Jambon-Beurre
Jambon-Beurre is a popular street food in Paris, France–more than popular, in fact. Ubiquitous. Iconic. The literal translation is “ham butter,” and in fact those are the two main ingredients–those and of course the...
Choripán, a South American Sausage-inna-bun
You may in fact be getting bored of me talking about how great South American sandwiches are. I advise that you keep that to yourself for a moment. You might learn something. Choripán as a...
Sandwiches Never Sleep
It’s been a slow November so far at Sandwich Tribunal. Our sandwiches this month are challenging, each of them a specialty of a far-off region, whether Chile’s delicious Barros Luco, or Brazil’s Bauru, or the...
Good Sandwich, Vietnam!
Similar to the Chilean ham and cheese sandwich that we’re also covering this month, the Bánh Mì is a culinary Frankenstein, a hybrid of a country’s local flavors with the techniques of a colonizing power. This time though,...
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