sandwiches

Six days, four delicious sandwiches. I’m not sure that’s the right ratio. It would have been more sandwiches, but there’s just so much great food in Philadelphia that I couldn’t limit myself to having all of my meals squished into a roll or between slices of Italian bread.

My version of sandwichpalooza was of course going to feature a cheesesteak. My first one of the trip, on the first night in Philly, was had at Campo’s. I’ve only had one other Campo’s sandwich, and that was at a Flyers game a couple of years back, so I thought I’d try one from their “real” restaurant. The Cheez Whiz may not look tasty, but trust me, it works really well:

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Food trucks, high end cuisine and great hole in the wall places to grab a bite to eat. Vancouver had it all. Although it took me until the last two days of our trip to get to the final two places on my “must eat” list, they were well worth the wait.

Meat & Bread – As my conference wrapped up on Friday at noon, only a small detour back to the apartment got me to Meat & Bread. Each day they serve four different sandwiches, including a sandwich of the day. I really didn’t ponder the menu because there was only one sandwich I came for – the porchetta.

I saw this place on Food Network a few weeks before the trip and there was no doubt about what I would order. Here’s the porchetta being carved as I waited in line to order: