Less soggy, more glamwich: Australia’s salad sandwich glow up
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- 22 Mar 2023
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A feat of culinary engineering with its rainbow of fillings, from tuck shops to truck stops, the classic sandwich is looking fresher than ever
In the national consciousness the Australian salad sandwich is diametrically opposite to the meat pie. The latter is brown and warm, a sometimes food; the former, a culinary rainbow bursting with freshness, vitality and, dare I say, hope?
The meat pie and its compatriot the sausage roll were gentrified some years ago. The hand-held meals journeyed from their traditional homes at the school canteen, milk bar and servo; into the wandering imaginations and restless hands of chefs.
The salad sandwich? Not so much. In 2018, the New York Times even portended its extinction. But five years on, the salad sandwich has met a different destiny, glowed up and grown up, less sanga and more glamwich.
Who’s complaining? No one, judging by the lines at Kosta’s Takeaway. The Sydney sandwich spot is just that – a dot on a stretch of semi-industrial road that heaves with trucks. Surrounded by car yards, Kosta’s is an order-from-the-counter operation located at a smash repair shop.
Theirs has all the makings of the old-school classic, but did the ones from your childhood have a salsa verde of tarragon and dill? There’s carrots (pickled), beetroot (essential), tomatoes (seasoned the moment they land on the sandwich) and sprouts (alfalfa, of course). Read More…
