Placing meats or other satisfying ingredients in between two slices of bread is probably among the world's oldest food inventions. Filling, practical, and affordable, humans have relied on sandwiches for centuries—if not millennia.
In this gallery, take a bite of favorite sammies from around the world. These mouthwatering concoctions will make you want to start traveling right away.
The name is truthful to what the sandwich is: actual donkey meat served in a roasted flaky bread pocket (known as huoshāo or shao bing). Hey, don't knock it till you try it.
Stuff some sweet and savory Yakisoba noodles in a roll, top it with seaweed, katsuobushi, and mayonnaise and you have a delicious yakisoba-pan.
This deliciousness is made with thinly sliced churrasco-style steak, or lomito-style pork on a round roll with tomatoes, green beans, and chili pepper.
This versatile Danish sandwich consists of a slice of buttered rye bread topped with a choice of cold cut, cheese, and/spreads.
The sandwich gets its name from kaya, a type of coconut jam that is served on toast and sometimes on crackers. The sandwich gets a topping of sugar, coconut milk, eggs, pandan, and sometimes margarine or butter.
The francesinha is an extreme hangover cure sandwich consisting of bread, wet-cured ham, linguiça, fresh sausage, steak or roast meat covered with melted cheese and a hot thick tomato and beer sauce served with french fries. Not for the faint of heart.
This is basically a choice of meat served in a small baguette-style bread. Add veggies if you like, but this sandwich is all about the protein.
Filled with breaded fried meat and served on white sandwich bread with mayonnaise and mustard, this sandwich is unlike anything you've ever tried before.
The traditional recipe of this Brazilian classic calls for melted cheese, slices of roast beef, tomato, and pickled cucumber in a French bun.
Resembling a hot dog, this spicy fast food dish consists mainly of Bratwurst sausage, onions, and a blend of mustard and/or tomato ketchup and curry powder.
This sandwich consists of sausage served on roll with ingredients like ketchup and mustard, and often includes toppings like guacamole, cabbage, and mayo.
A sort of Puerto Rican version of a Cuban sandwich, a tripleta gets its name because it's a combination of three meats: chicken, ham, and beef.
The ham-and-cheese classic is typically the favored take on the panini. Do you agree?
Delicious sandwiches from around the world you must try
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Placing meats or other satisfying ingredients in between two slices of bread is probably among the world's oldest food inventions. Filling, practical, and affordable, humans have relied on sandwiches for centuries—if not millennia.
In this gallery, take a bite of favorite sammies from around the world. These mouthwatering concoctions will make you want to start traveling right away.