Sandwiches

The Sp@r near me is gold, it’s expensive outside as a shop or supermarket outside of of the deli but the deli is the best anywhere. Ok I’d be a reasonably regularly customer, I’d get a sambo on my way into work if I don’t have stuff in the house so I’m not spending 15 minutes Qing and 10 minutes there and back at lunchtime. They literally have the bread at breaking point almost it’s so full of the freshest and most delicious ingredients and all the staff are super friendly and there are a very wide range of fillings.. all the usual cold meats.. ham, turkey, chicken, beef, corned beef, but hot spicy chicken, hot cooked beef, chicken fillets.. spicy, plain, pastrami, salami.... southwest sauce ( mmmmm ), chilli mayo, spicy mayo, regular mayo... awhhhhhmmmmmmm

Muahahaha wrote: »

I remember a few years back in Supervalue Aston Quay there used to be a Portguese chick working there who had giant hands like shovels. If she was making your wrap you were in for some feed as she just loaded it up with abandon. Its hard to find good deli staff like that these days.

I remember her too. A chicken fillet roll with 2 salads for 3.50, filled to the brim.
I went in there a few months ago and it was 5.00.
I'm not paying that for a chicken fillet roll!

I miss rashers burns. Best hangover sambos in Dublin.

Randle P. McMurphy wrote: »

There's your problem right there. When entrepreneurs see people willing to pay 7-9 euro for a ****ing sandwich they know they can get away with anything.

8 quid for a huge sandwich made with quality ingredients is far better value than paying almost a tenner for a Big Mac meal.

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On a personal note im a big fan of Pig & Heifers Pastrami sandwich. Havent tried one in NYC to compare, but P&Hs offering well worth the money imo.

Sandwiches are a bit strange like that.
Generally, unless you know the shop, you have no idea how much the sandwich will cost or how much will be in it until after it's made.

Different staff in the same shop can charge differently for the same sandwich, too.

Bit of a minefield.

The thing that gets me is when the vegan/veggie option isn't cheaper than the meat options. Surely it would cost less without the meat?

Well i'm cooking bacon ribs, and having them on a batch loaf sandwich. Which is a proper sandwich

Hector Savage wrote: »

Lucky feckers!
I live in Spain and you just can't get a decent sandwich - delis don't exist here ... literally, well unless you want hard bread with that chorizo ****e they like ...

I have never, ever heard someone lament and pine for an Irish"deli" counter!
Does not compute.

Kylta wrote: »

A trick to getting a good roll or sandwich is simple, always head for the irish staff, and when she starts packing your roll/sandwich,
Say to her, picture me (which is you) as your husband and I'm off to work today, give me sustenance to last the day. It works. I once walked out of a shop carrying a breakfast roll heavier than a brick. Oh some of the foreign staff always look after me when doing my rolls/sandwich. Maybe I have one of those loveable faces.
Just one thing nobody commented on. If I was handed a scabby roll or sandwich or I thought I was overpriced I'd hand it back, ive done this a fair few times. Im the customer and its my money.

I would do the same. I handed back a roll once and would do the same again if not satisfied. I was polite, of course, but the staff member just stared at me open-mouthed as if it was my obligation to purchase her thrown together, scabby effort. If more people did the same the shop would soon get the message and provide a quality product to the customer's satisfaction.