The world is a big place. After eating a variety of sandwiches in more than 30 of its countries, we're ready to rank our favorite sandwiches in the world. And, yes, we've eaten a lot of sandwiches!
You may wonder why sandwiches. For starters, they're super casual meals that we can eat with our hands. They're also a staple of diets throughout the planet with no country (except perhaps Antarctica) that doesn't have its own national sandwich.
We're loud and proud about our love for seemingly simple meals nestled between two slices of bread or a starchy equivalent. That's why we often order sandwiches when we see them on a menu or at a food stall.
We don't care if they're filled with meat, cheese or veggies. Like the majority of the world, we're sandwich lovers.
Heeding the advice of the late great Warren Zevon, we've made a conscious effort to 'enjoy every sandwich' as we've traveled the world. This approach took on heightened meaning during three years of constant nomadic travel in four different continents.
That three-year journey started in Philadelphia and ended in Lisbon, two of the world's greatest sandwich cities. In between, we ate as many sandwiches as possible. How many? Enough to become self-proclaimed sandwich savants.
Sure, we could list every sandwich around the world next to a generic stock photo for each, but you can read an online encyclopedia for that. Instead, our article only includes sandwiches that we've actually eaten. The same goes for the photos.
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