Not only does it have one of the worst fast food names in the history of the world (and that’s with Taco Bell’s stiff competition), Subway’s “Big Hot Pastrami” sandwich isn’t all that great either. I love pastrami, and I’m no stranger to Subway - I find that it is a cheap and somehow healthier feeling fast food choice than something like McDonalds (even if it’s not *really* healthier after adding bacon, ranch, and honey mustard to my sandwich, I can still feel healthier eating it). So, because I love pastrami, and Subway can be relied on to make a decent sandwich, I decided to try out their new pastrami offering.
Their posters proclaim that you will receive a half a pound of meat when you order a footlong “Big Hot Pastrami”, and it does come with a lot of meat, but what the poster doesn’t tell you is that the meat is thickly cut, very fatty, and not as flavorful as it should be. I went with swiss cheese and spicy mustard on my sandwich, just the way I like it, but the pastrami just didn’t live up to the quality that I was expecting. There is something magical about deli meats when they have been sliced thinly and piled graciously onto a sandwich, and this sandwich was not only missing the thinly sliced pastrami, it was also a jumbled messy pile - no grace involved. While some fat can be expected in pastrami, the meat I received on my sandwich had an excess of chewy fat, which rendered many of the pieces on my sandwich inedible.
Another downside to this disappointing sandwich is the price increase. Subway sandwiches seem to generally range between $3 and $4 for a 6-inch, but this one might actually top out the menu with a price tag well over $4. I guess when you are adding a decent amount of meat to a sandwich for a change, it’s only natural to pass the cost onto the customer, even if the meat is of the lowest quality.
The one redeeming quality about this sandwich was the fact that it was toasted perfectly, making the sandwich nice and hot the way it should be served; unfortunately, this did not save my meal, and I didn’t even finish it off. Luckily I had a bag of nice healthy potato chips to fill the void this sandwich left in my stomach. I don’t plan to order this sandwich from Subway again, but hopefully in the future they come out with better quality selections.
3/5
Meat Quality: 1/5
Texture: 1/5
Price: 2/5
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Anyone else like pastrami? What did you think of this sandwich?
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