This is the 27th installment of Eat Each Sandwich Challenge (#2013eateachsandwich) …
Thus far, I’ve had…
- Hawaiian BBQ
- Italian
- Ham ‘n’ Swiss
- The All American
- Cannonballs!
- The Original 1762(r)
- Chicken Pesto Pomodoro
- The Full Montagu
- The Best BLT
- The Cuban
- Chicken Chipotle Avocado
- Tuna Melt
- Holiday Turkey
- Ham, Cheddar & Egg
- Breakfast BLT
- The Earl’s Club
- Caribbean Jerk Chicken
- Bacon, Egg & Cheddar breakfast
- Ham & Swiss breakfast
- Egg & Cheddar breakfast
- BBQ Pork
- Just4Kids Pizza Sandwich
- Just4Kids Turkey & Swiss Cheese
- Just4Kids Grilled Cheese
- Pastrami Reuben
- Avocado BLT (the post has disappeared)
So, why was this the “dreaded” Caprese? The sandwich isn’t complicated… toasted bread, sliced mozzarella, sliced roma tomatoes, balsamic vinaigrette, and basil leaves… You see, it’s the fresh basil leaves; they taste like licorice or anise to me, that’s just yuck on a sandwich.
The mozzarella looked very plentiful, so did the tomato (they were both clustered at the center of the sandwich).
The taste with the basil was okay, not something I’m in love with though. After that one bite, I removed the rest of the basil…
Okay! Once I got a nice bite with no basil and some tomato… that’s pretty darned tasty!
It wasn’t as bad as I expected, but I doubt I’ll ever order it again…
BTW on this visit to Earl of Sandwich, Nick had his first Holiday Turkey Sandwich (he’d tasted mine earlier in the year) – his review “YUMMY but not as good as your (meaning me, nora) Thanksgiving leftover messes”
Only one sandwich left for me this year!!! The Holiday Ham sandwich, I think I’m going to save it until sometime in December (I’m writing this in mid-November) – I think a second visit with the Holiday Turkey sandwich is in order before the end of the year too… I can’t repeat the Avocado BLT (although I wish I could!), it was a seasonal specialty 🙁
@extrawdwmagic @earlofsandwich @eatingwdw ah!! I thought you did this one already.
NOPE! I was holding off because I don’t particularly care for fresh basil. Give me chiles and garlic and ginger & I’m in heaven – fresh basil or fresh cilantro, not so much. Basil tastes like very strong licorice to me and cilantro is a bit soapy.
@extrawdwmagic @earlofsandwich @lecubbon you lucked out for yourself only having one piece of basil 😉
Don’t I know it! One left to go, the Holiday Ham… Definitely before Christmas I think.
Were I doing Eat Each Sandwich, I’m positive that the Caprese would have been one of the very first checked off my list. In fact, I’m pretty sure that the one time we had lunch at Earl of Sandwich, I did order the Caprese. I adore the tricolore flavor combination. You can always feel free to pass unwanted basil on to me. 🙂
I’ll remember that Melissa! I think my very first one was the Hawaiian BBQ – not a huge fan of it in the end. But it was good, just that there are others that I prefer 🙂