Kings of Sandwich [f**k the Earl]
I present for your delectation two of the best sandwiches I have had in a long, long time.
Meat on Tory: Meat is a delicatessen and as such at lunchtime (from 12.00 to 1.30) they offer a hot roast beef sandwich. But not just any old hot roast beef sandwich, it's a sandwich so incredible that it just might be intelligent (which might make you feel weird eating it).
They start with Bearnaise sauce (actually it might not be Bearnaise, but it's as good as), then they add the hot carved roast beef (and lots of it), then gherkins (sweet god in heaven could it get any better?), then they add onions and finally fill the whole thing with gravy (the elixir of life).
You can eat-in or take-out and I would recommend the former as the sheer size of the sandwich makes it slightly unwieldy. I took mine for a walk and then had all kinds of fun times trying to eat the sucker.
This sandwich actually made me regret working such a long distance from Tory St.
Green Land: I know we've been pushing these guys a lot recently but, damn, have you had one of their sandwiches?!?!
First up they have a beef sandwich. It's not hot or gravied-up, but it does contain gherkins! Gherkins are the measure of a good beef sandwich (clearly), hence Green Land's beef sandwich is a good beef sandwich. I had a small issue with the cucumber that was slipped in unannounced, but that has been rectified and, quite frankly, was nit-picking on my part.
Second in line (and my personal favourite when I visit) is the Bacon and Egg sandwich (seen below, yes I forgot and took a bite before I took the photo).
The bacon is thick and tasty, the egg is fried but still slightly gooey, slid there with the star ingredients in a couple of slices of brie and some lettuce and mayo. And while they don't shine, their performances support the main cast like Ben Stiller's cameo in Anchorman (you know he's there and what he's doing and you like it, but you still really care about the lead actors).
Also all of the Green Land sandwiches are made with thick (gluten free?) bread. It's not stodgy and has a real crust.
I'm sure there are other "good" sandwiches out there, like Sir Breadwin's where you choose your own fillings, but these are the best I've had in Wellington.
*drool* on the Meat on Tory beef sandwich. I think it's horseradish rather than bearnaise sauce, but I may be mistaken in my love for the sheer slopp glory of it.
And what about the merguez baguettes at Simply Paris? Filled with spicy lamb sausages, mustard and frites. Yes, it's a posh chip buttie and I love it.
It's definitely horseradish, or at least it was a couple of years ago.
I may have to shut up shop and drive into town this minute for that beef sammie, it looks amazing.
I had a salami and feta sandwich from Green Land, and it was nice, but to be honest I prefer my sandwiches to be crusty all over, like in a baguette or a puku (and then in MY puku). Green Land totally still "butters my scone" though!
And for those of a less meaty persuasion, Mojo do a walnut-bread roll with blue cheese & pear: that gets at least 2.5 Noms.
2.5 is not good enough to make this list.
For vegetarians I would recommend a Puku with crunchy falafel. And then to "harden up" (just kidding)
The cafe under the National Library used to do a Greek salad sandwich, which I still dream about. Could one of you investigative journalist types check and see if they still do?
Wait, which of us are journo types? Aren't we just wanky hacks?
yeah, but if I'd called you that, you may not have been as open to my idea.
Oh yeah man, those B&E butties have sustained me for months now :)
You lucky lucky bastards.
Every lunchtime, I have to party like it's 1983. My sole source of bought food comes from a cafe that serves pies, chips, sausage rolls, toasted sandwiches ("paninis") lamingtons etc. If it's high in fat, it's on the menu. "It's like they've heard about healthy food, but they aren't sure how to make it without frying it."
Oh, and if you fancy a scalding hot coffee, they have an espresso machine. More like depresso.
You should totally show them the donut bacon cheeseburger thing, give them, something to aspire to.
Gluten free bread? for reals?
do we have confirmation on the gluten freeness of the bread?
becuase it sounds too good to be true
I'm pretty sure it's not and that Hadyn is dreaming. But perhaps I will do a bit of investigative journalism and call them to ask.
And in fact, that was a mistake in a publication, they don't have gluten-free bread, but they do offer a gluten-free biscuit.
Woo journalism!
Yep, sorry I don't know where I got the gluten-free thing from. I just asked, and they were like "no", and I was was like "oh, darn". (I'll update the post)
Except Jo beat me to it. Thanks
It comes from Pandoro and is some kinda potato bread, so it has a consistency approaching that of gluten-free, but is not actually.
Yummo, anyway.
Guys - you're right about Meat on Tory. It rocks but in this case we shouldn't be telling the world ... they're starting to sell out by 1pm now!
http://amplify.co.nz/2007/04/11/going-up/
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