Sandwich Paradise

I have just spent a pleasurable few days in Australia’s largest metropolis the well known Sydney and I enjoyed at least one great steak sandwich at Darling Harbor. The sandwich shown in the image below is a steak and cheese sandwich that I had for dinner once at the James Squire pub (a five minute walk from the Sydney Aquarium which is definitely worth a visit if you happen to be in the city.) I am not sure what cheese was on this sandwich but I have to admit that it was one of the best steak sandwiches I ever had. The reason for this has to do with how well cooked the meat was. In fact, the steak practically melted in my mouth. JS also brews a large collection of beers and I mostly enjoyed this sandwich with a pint of an Irish Stout. If you happen to be in Sydney and want to enjoy a great steak sandwich then head over to JS pub in Darling Harbor. You won’t regret it.

My local Safeway store has a Deli offering a variety of what they call Signature sandwiches. Yesterday, I enjoyed their smoke stack sandwich on whole wheat bread. It comes loaded with smoked turkey and black forest ham with swiss cheese and a spicy mustard sauce. Of course, it comes with tomatoes and fresh lettuce.

As you can see from the photo below, this sandwich is loaded compared to the sandwiches one can buy from the Subway or Quizno’s. The cost is also the same as Safeway charges $8.99 for a large sandwich. In the photo you only see half the sandwich. I had to filling meals for less than $10 and the choice of the smoke stack was excellent. I am looking forward to trying all Safeway signature sandwiches.

I’ve been buying these wicked Lilydale chicken breasts at Costco for the last few weeks. I know I’m being a sellout, but try it. And it’s grain feed! Anyway, I’ve used the chicken in just about everything except a sandwich…until now.

I did my own honey mustard sauce. All you need is: mustard (plain or Dijon according allegiance), honey and mayo (if you want to water down the taste) and a bit of garlic powder. Now, I could tell you to use this much of that, but the simplest thing is to go by taste. I also used two long slices of Camembert cheese, some lettuce and red onion.

Here’s my prosciutto sandwich with artichokes sun-dried tomatoes and Port Salut cheese. Because I did it while skipping work, I call it the “Guilt Amnesty Sandwich”. You won’t regret trying. I used one mini French baguette, 4-5 slices of Prosciutto di Parma, 1 artichoke heart (can), 2 sun-dried tomatoes (in oil) and a few slices of Port Salut (or any semi-soft cheese). To add more zip, I also used a dash of dipping oil (olive oil with peppers and herbs/spices). All the ingredients are from Costco except the sun-dried tomatoes.

Overall, the sandwich tastes really good. The only thing that bothers me is that the baguette is too big, so it “swallows” a lot of the flavors. If you make it, try something smaller or scale up the ingredients.

Now I have to find another way to consume the other 5 baguettes…

We kick-start our blog with a turkey breast sandwich on Toscana rustic bread. I used two types of turkey for this one both of which I purchased at my local Safeway store. I used half fat free turkey bread and half pan-roasted turkey breast. I like the salty flavor of the fat free variety and I often prefer it when I make a turkey sandwich. The bread I used was also purchased at the Safeway and it is a nice Italian bread.

To add more flavor to the sandwich I spread Kraft horseradish sauce (Easy Squeeze because it is much easier to squeeze ) and French’s prepared yellow mustard which is naturally fat free. The horseradish sauce is spicy so take it easy on it if you don’t like spicy foods; otherwise, go to town with it like I did.

I finished it up with 3 slices of Swiss cheese and 3 slices of a fresh cut tomato. The photos below show the final turkey breast sandwich on Toscana rustic bread and Swiss cheese; these were taken shortly before the sandwich met its destiny!