Food Around the WorldPart of the fun of traveling is stuffing your face with the cuisines and treats of the locals. These lists rank the most delicious, must-try foods wherever you'll be.
Updated April 27, 2023 9.7K votes 813 voters 33.9K views
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Vote up the best sandwiches that everyone should try at least once in their life.
Sandwiches around the world all take the same basic ingredients: bread, meat, veggies, and somehow manage to twist the concept on its head until each country has a wholly unique offering. When it comes to international sandwiches, whether you want something sweet, savory, spicy, or all of the above, you can find it if you look hard enough. Even though most people trace a very specific version of the sandwich back to an English noble from the 17th century, cooks have been making handheld food since the dawn of modern culinary techniques. The way sandwiches are prepared may vary from country to country, but they’re all essentially a delicious thing that you hold in your hand and shove in your face.
Looking at food around the world is exciting because we get a glimpse into the way that the other goes about their day to day, and we often find that people live similarly no matter where they are. While reading about these international delicacies, keep in mind that the term “sandwich” is applied loosely to some of these pieces of culinary gold, and that taste trumps aesthetics every time. If you’re feeling saucy, you can try to make all of these sandwiches in your home, just be warned that if you’re going to do that you will have to find donkey meat
Vote on the sandwiches from around the world that look the tastiest, and if we missed a famous sandwich from your motherland – describe it to us in lurid detail in the comments.
The original crunchy-on-the-outside, melted-on-the-inside favorite got its start in Italy, and even though most panini that you'll find are full of whatever garbage your local deli feels like shoving inside, the classic panino typically features cheese and tomato, or basil pesto melted between thick slices of bread.
If we had our way we'd be in Greece right now watching a large mustachioed man wrap up a lamb gyro that's soaking in tzatziki sauce. Admittedly, the gyro is pushing the limits of what a sandwich can be, but we're not trying to apply a binary concept of identity to handheld food.
The "midnight" sandwich got its start in Cuba and slowly made its way over to the United States as the 20th century went on. This grill pressed sandwich consists of roast pork, ham, mustard, Swiss cheese, and dill pickles. If you want to order this sandwich correctly you should always ask for extra pickles.
If America has given the world anything greater than the chopped barbecue sandwich we don't want to know about it. Savory, tangy, and if you're feeling adventurous; loaded down with pickles and onions. Why isn't this sandwich on the flag?
Think of Venezuelan arepas as McGriddles that were made with love (and actual food). The tiny sandwiches are made with cornmeal patties and stuffed while warm with anything from white cheese to zesty chicken salad with avocado mayonnaise. It's small, but very filling.
Chivitos are small steak sandwiches which were made for a quick lunch or a cheap, early dinner before you hit the club. All you need for one of these is a kaiser roll, some flattened steak, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, some cheese and a slice of hard-cooked egg.
