Which Country Has The Best Sandwich?

I'm going to find the greatest sandwich in the world and I asked you the audience to submit your favorite Global sandwiches and the results are in we've got a top 12 of contenders from all over the globe that we've ranked from 1 to 12 the top four have earned a buy to the next round while the remaining eight will fight for their chance to move on the world's most popular sandwiches are going to clash until we Crown a champion starting with our first match up number eight chicken schwarma in Lebanon versus number nine Italy with faka mortadela number chicken chawarma shwarma is served all over the world nowadays and we see it with many types of meat but chicken charma from Lebanon had an overwhelming amount of votes from you guys and many of them called for a specific restaurant called basturma Mano we studied the recipe deeply and a large round flatbread is spread with tomb which is an incredible garlic sauce a handful of freshly fried french fries shreders chicken shaped off a vertical spit Grill it shut top the opening with a little bit more garlic sauce another piece of chicken and don't forget to stuff your pickle spear deep inside number nine faka moradel this can mean a lot of different things when the majority of the votes are calling for famous Alano vano we know they're talking about La Paradiso a type of crisp edged Italian bread called shata which is spread with a pistachio cream on one side little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil on both sides a big pile of thinly sliced Mortadella stretch itella on top of that a little more olive oil too why not Crush pistachios and Crown your king this is a legendary sandwich for legendary Showdown today to taste test we have Chef Christian and sandwich connoisseur salt Hank joining us listen if anyone knows a good sandwich these guys definitely do starting off in incredibly strong with two places I love very much Lebanon and Italy let's taste textural Wonderland flavorful it's garlicy you've got the seasoning that's on the chicken you got a little acidity from the pickle I like that a lot I mean that was unbelievable it was crunchy but it was also kind of chewy and then that garlic hits you it's an explosion of flavor I feel like this is the original California Burrito wo that's like 20 cultures in one that's what California does though that chicken is beautifully seasoned crispy on the outside but it's got that chew I love tomb that garlic sauce is so good moving on the next wow it's so balanced you can taste the pistachio it's garlicky a little bit of bitterness on the olive oil the fatty creaminess and I just love moradell it's the best deli meat and the pistachio is underrated God damn this is a hard one but that's exactly what this is about every sandwich from every place is completely different this is not going to be easy to figure out but we're going to fight through it to get it right there's a couple things we should consider not just texture flavor but also appearance is this like a once a month or is this something I could eat every day it's time to vote so we're going to write our favorite one on the board reveal and whichever one gets the most votes will be the winner of this round 3 2 1 oh wow I can't believe I was the Oddball out I should also clarify that I put Lebanon although Shawarma is available in many countries not just Lebanon I can eat this every single day and be happy but I think it's a fair win for Italy moving on so Italian faka Mortadella advances to face one of the biggest opponents we have number one ranked by you the audience or well those who voted Vietnam with Bon me but before we get there we have our next first round battle the 12 ranked India with Vada pav versus the fifth ranked Portuguese fashia most of the voters called for a version from a specific restaurant called Cafe Santiago thick cut white bread loaded with Mortadella two kinds of sausage steak ham cheese yes all of these things pressed this is on top of fries topped with a fried egg draped with cheese with circles cut out the center to let that yolk shine and then drown in a hot tomatoey beef and beer sauce to melt that cheese down this is a crazy sandwich and that's the beauty of it number 12 VAB vegetarian food alert this is is an incredibly popular Indian Street food so it starts by frying a battered mashed potato ball flavored with garlic minced Curry leaves chilies and ginger you're going to get a nice sweet almost dinner roll like bun timmeron Chutney on the bottom cilantro chutney on the top you're going to add your fried potato ball in the middle and season with a dry garlic Chutney generously now and of course top with a fried chili this is actually quite the beautiful sandwich if you ask me it may come in a small package but I have a feeling it's going to pack a punch let's taste oh yeah that's good it is so flavorful the seasoning never even heard of that but it's amazing you get a little sweetness from the Chutney some saltiness Umami little spicy lot of heat moving on now for the Portuguese fashia I've never seen this in my life you know I like this but it's it's a lot this feels like a great bar food like if I was like blit I would be extremely happy with this texturally the bread gets a little lost because you've got about 14,000 layers of meat and cheese it comes together well honestly that's definitely a fork and knifer I think what threw me off too the Brad just disappeared I know where was that the gravy though is phenomenal 3 2 1 wow India moves on to the next round India vadapav takes the win and moves on to face number four ranked by you Mexico with Tora AAG but first our next round one battle which will be two interesting opponents Greece with the pork gdo versus Germany donor Kabab now hear me out yes I know it's not from Germany although it was brought there by Turkish immigrants it's now such a staple food in Germany that people literally think it's from Germany and the voters called specifically for a well-known Berlin based donor spot called Iman and the way they make this is a seated bread filled with shaved beef DST and lamb fat top with a yogurt sesame sauce now several of you specify that over the usual garlic or herb sauce spicy chili sauce lettuce red onion and tomato now for grease with the pork gido we've done this before you can do lamb pork chicken I personally went with the pork route because I think the pork is the most flavorful and I know will give them their fairest Fighting Chance here now you guys voted for a specific restaurant in Athens called Savas or Sabas they stuff Theo with spit roasted pork thinly sliced tomato red onion satii and my favorite part french fries roll it up and serve first up Greek pork Giro this is a staple dude so good the softness the chewi from the paa that salty fatty meat Greek oregano coming through it's got acidity it's balanced it's Rich yet Tangy that pork is amazing cucumber cuts it beautifully it's simple now for the Greek giro's opponent Germany with donor Kebab oh my gosh good I love that bread the meat's nice it provides some tooth smess to the sandwich it seasoned nicely it's fatty you got all these sauces it feels like a really solid well executed sandwich the meat in this was so ridiculously good one the sauces on here are Balan versus you know just a cooling one to balance the meat this balances the whole sandwich let's rate Germany or Greece who will it be in 3 2 1 wa it's very good that's it that's all I God this is super good moving on respect and love de Greece but donor Kebab moves on to the next round but not before our final first round battle France with a jambon bur versus Argentina CH Pond now for France the jambon bur is very simple you need a nice baguette butter on both sides seasoned with flaky salt lightly smoked ham and Crown your king optionally you can do some corons on the side that's it now Argentina bringing it in with a charcoal grilled chizo served butterfly it's also called Mariposa in a lightly grilled baguette your sausage your chimy churri and enjoy we have two honestly surprisingly beautifully simple and similar looking sandwiches I'm excited and I want to start first up France jambon B it's so good it's so simple but that punch of zestiness from the corner sham Perfect Kick I love this sandwich lack of having a ton of components creates a very specific experience you can enjoy each and every component in this so it's very important to use high quality ingredients cheoy crunchy the softness of the meat the richness of the butter but it matches so beautifully with the rest of this the silkiness of this butter it's borderline Mayo bread is amazing it's simple I stand by the say make sandwiches simple again next up Argentina CH pan Argentina is going to be tough dude that was real good so simple and so perfect but so beautifully decadent and actually complex and it's flavor h o t t o o I want to take this hot to go that was delicious we're going to rank it now that was a good sandwich 3 2 1 Argentina wow unanimous Argentina the French they fought hard on this one but Argentina sandwich ultimately had the punch I wanted moving on so Argentina's chory pond with the upset now moves on to face America the sandwich representing it Philly cheese steak this kicks off round two with a big battle our number one most voted for Vietnam with the grilled pork Bon me this can come with many Meats it can come with many fillings you can add pork liver pate if you're into that I'm personally not ultimately it's a fresh baked baguette Mayo grilled pork pickled dcon and carrots fresh cucumber fresh jalapeno few Springs of cilantro close it up and I mean look at this damn thing this is a tough one these are two some of my favorite sandwiches of all time now the real battle begins Italy faka Mortadella can it upset the number one rank sandwich that's crazy insane so fatty the acidity from The Pickled dcon carrot and then the meat it's so good it's got every texture crungy soft chewy bag's crazy that's crucial in a good Bon me as a great baguette crispy on the outside soft on the inside sure it's going to terrorize the roof of your mouth a little bit but you don't give a because what's inside is worth fighting for anyway moving on to the next one I need a refresher on Italy we're having it again just to be fair here 3 2 1 every single day Vietnam takes the lead overtaking the Italian Mortadella sandwich it may be viral but this is an OG moving on to the next round wo it was an incredible fight for for an incredible sandwich Vietnam gets the win with Bon me a legendary sandwich which will take on the winner of the next round which is India VAV versus Mexico with torto aagar there were a lot of votes specifically for torto aagar this is the classic way at El guarito one of the oldest Torah haata shops in guadalahara Mexico where the sandwich was supposedly invented a bolo roll is filled with fatty tender carnit test and then drowned in either a spicy sauce or a mild sauce or doing both served with onions and lime to help cut that we all know this could be filled with all sorts of beans Meats cheeses we went with what we think would give it the strongest Edge which is simple tasty fatty delicious Carnitas so we have Mexico versus India on this one typically this is served with onions and limes totally optional but I do think lime juice is not optional that is spicy it might be spicy as but it tastes amazing you just got to cut it with one of these on the inside of the Roll it's soft but on the outside it's mushy ushy gushy but in a good way it's so juicy the meat's fatty it's Rich it's salty yet acidic and spicy it's so many things in one that was delicious but God damn it was it hot why so spicy next up India it's hot let's rate 3 2 1 got to do it got to do it look I just feel like it's a little bit more of a balanced sandwich I think they're both excellent but I have to be really in the mood for the Tora aado the meat and the torta was great I think the Lava pool it was in kind of took away from everything India takes the lead we now move on to the next round and the story continues in India with the upset Victory could they go all the way they enter a battle against the top seated Vietnam with Boni but first our next second round Showdown Germany donor Kebab versus Cuba the Cubano I know what you're thinking Josh is the Cubano as we know today really from Cuba didn't it really take shape in Florida well first of all when we did our voting round Cubana was specifically voted to represent Cuba even though according to historians the version we see today was likely invented in Florida but look it likely would have never existed without a simpler same much Cuban immigrants probably brought to America so for our purposes today and given what everyone voted for Cubano is representing Cuba and hey it's an incredible sandwich I'd love to be represented by a Cubano Cuban bread it has to be fresh baked ham goes down first then moo roasted pork swiss cheese dill pickle slice medium thick yellow mustard on the top half close it up spread the top with butter Place some butter on a plup flat press that bad boy until it's flat crisp melty and beautifully hot now Cuba enters the mix against Germany now we know there is also a Tampa Cubano with salami we had no specified vat's calling for that so we're sticking to the most common version I love that you can pick out each thing like I could taste the pickle I could taste the mustard I can taste the ham I can taste the roasted pork it's all pronounced crisp on the outside soft juicy meat on the inside it's salty yet it's sour it's pickly yet it's got good salinity and cured flavors it's a very balanced wonderful sandwich now we have the German sandwich just to refresh very different I got my rating I know who the winner is 3 two 1 ooh a mixture I think the bite I took a gery it was just so flavorable from fresh I've never had that and I love the bread on that it's honestly a weird version of a burger yeah oh my God although these were sort of close I immediately leaned towards the Cuban sandwich to me the German one tastes great and the flavors are good the textures are good but it's also just kind of basic in comparison I just feel like the Cuban one outshines it in many many many ways tough call but moving on Cuba the Cubano takes the win moving on to the next battle we have Argentina with chor Pond versus America where we hail from the Philly cheese steak this was the winner of our best sandwich in America video specifically at Angelo's and funny enough I had never been there before and turns out I actually make my cheese steak almost exactly like they do here's how we do it the key is starting with an incredible homemade sesame seed bread down goes Mayo generously on both sides shaved quality ribey little salt and pepper seared mixed with grilled onions sharp provolone on top melt that bad boy transfer it to your seated roll and that looks about as American as it gets let's be real this is the end of the quarterfinals we have America's Contender the Philly cheese steak versus Argentina Argentina surprised us last time but Philly cheese steak has always been an old friend so let's start with that oh we're doing Angelo's proud God Bless America I've always love a good Philly cheese steak it's fatty it's Rich there's some creaminess if you're into the Mayo the cheese plus the Mayo plus the beef fat becomes its own Emulsion so flavorful and the peccant from the sharp provolone actually I think adds a little bit of a cut to the richness I don't think I've ever had it without American cheese or some cheese whz or something and honestly this is better than every Philly cheese steak I've ever had now Argentina I need a little refresher how are you going to do this is a good matchup I hate that we have to eliminate one of these These are both incredible sandwiches all right here we go 3 two 1 wow this was probably one of the hardest decisions to make this one goes to America maybe it's because our pallets are attuned to it I don't know but it was so close the USA won by a millionth of an inch the Argentina won maybe on a certain day would have been the winner here if you've never had it before you should absolutely try it's an unbelievable sandwich but we're moving on to the semifinals chor Pon truly an Immaculate sandwich I'm adding to my road ation but America with Philly cheese steak takes the win thus advancing it to the semifinals the semi-finalist being America versus Cuba these two incredible sandwiches a tough choice awaits so for this round of the semifinal we have two almost American Sandwiches the Cubano which we're giving to Cuba that has been Diversified in America and then the American Philly cheese steak let's start with the cubani mommy fantastic warm juicy flavorful lovely it's the type of sandwich that due to the balance you take a bite and get that little acidity makes you want to go back all right Philly cheese steak so ridiculously good you do get the whiff of proon before you even take a bite it's so American it almost farts in your face before you eat it all right who's it going to be 3 2 1 USA this is going to seem like propaganda it really isn't it's just a phenomenal sandwich America doesn't have a lot of food that it can call its own but this Philly cheese steak is Philadelphia and about as American as it gets as soon as I took that bite all I heard was and I'm proud to be an American it took the the win but it's not the final winner it's a two times win for America with Philly cheesesteak who will now move on to the final showdown against whoever wins in the next Battle of Vietnam with Boni versus India with VAV I would argue the ultimate sleeper of sandwiches this is a crazy one one of the most iconic sandwiches of all time from Vietnam versus this Indian sandwich that is beautiful stunning I've never had it before and love it let's start with Vietnam L of your mouth is gone but who cares next up India completely different experience this is crunchy as hell and this is soft and mushy in a good way I will say I do feel really good after eating that one too if I was a vegetarian I'd a bunch of those up it's time to vote 3 2 1 sorry India that was delicious though the sandwich from India is phenomenal and honestly I'm going to add it to my repertoire that said Vietnam moving on to the final round we now have our final matchup Vietnam's one seed versus the number three ranked sandwich from America Philly cheese steak the winner here will Define our very best sandwich after many trials and tribulations we've made it to the final round these are two of the most iconic sandwiches I can possibly think of yeah there are sandwiches from all over the world but very few of those sandwiches echo through space and time across the entire Globe when you hear the term bond me or when you hear the term Philly cheese steak a motherucker knows what's up and we have to make a decision on which one is better I think we should start with the Bon Me V cheese steak time mhm it all comes down to this America with the Philly cheese steak although more newly invented somehow a Timeless classic versus a global phenomenon the Vietnamese staple Bon me I know what I must do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it 3 2 1 is it unanimous it's unanimous Vietnam but I put 51 and 49 I lean towards Vietnam just a few per over where the American sandwich was the bond me delivers almost anywhere you go you can go to random ass Vietnamese restaurant a rip mul it will probably still be good but you will not go everywhere and a Philly cheese steak is this good to go to Everyday sandwich that's just meat cheese onions bun and Bun me you got veggies you got probiotics from these pickles you got carrots and daon it's got all the flavor profiles it's got acidity spiciness Vietnam is our winner with the Bon me a worthy opponent against all of these incredible sandwiches I think all these are winners But ultimately the Bon Me stuck it out all the way to the end if you learned about a new sandwich in this video maybe you should go and try it because there wasn't a single we ate today that wasn't absolutely excellent and there are other sandwiches out there these aren't all the sandwiches in the whole world these are just the most voted for that being said love you subscribe goodbye