The “Austin Road” Sandwich War…

Out here in Rochester Hills, where my office is located, there are a lot of food options.  Unfortunately those options are:

• Burger King
• Wendy’s
• McDonald’s
• Little Caesars
• Subway
• Quizno’s

Sure there are a few others places, three sit downs, a dive coney joint, but that’s about it within the immediate circle.  The one local sit down joint that I was starting to take a liking to and where I’d get my club sandwich fix, Eddie’s, had a fire.

So it comes down to the small list above.  Now the one thing about that list is that you can get a good deal of food for around $5.00 at each of those places…the problem is most of it just isn’t that good for you.  Aside from an occasional “Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger” craving from Wendy’s, I have avoided the burger joints.  That really only leaves me with three choices.  It’s further cut to two after my last experience with a $5.00 “Hot-N-Ready” pizza from Little Caesars.  I brought it back to the office and ended up eating the WHOLE PIE!  I CAN’T DO THAT AGAIN!!  So Little Caesar’s is now out.

What’s left is a battle of the sub shops – Subway v. Quizno’s.  Let the battle BEGIN!

Yesterday was Subway.  With their $5.00 footlong commercial rattling through my brain I headed over to get a “good for me” lunch.  As I intently took in their menu, something became clear, they only have one sandwich that offers bacon as a “standard” meat.  Sure you can get bacon on any sub at Subway, but it will cost you extra.  That one sub with bacon was the “Chicken Bacon Ranch“.  Feeling adventurous and really wanting some bacon, I ordered.  I got to tell you, I really don’t like the consistency of Subway’s chicken.  It just always feels wrong.  I was also disappointed with the bacon.  They only put two strips on my entire 12″ sandwich.  But that wasn’t all…it’s pre-cooked bacon that is then nuked.  Ugh.  So crappy bacon + very little of it = not even knowing it was on the sandwich.  I did, however, get a package of sliced apples with my sandwich.  These were surprisingly crunchy and tasty, making for a good mid-afternoon snack.

Today, it was Quizno’s turn.  Of all the places around here, I have been frequenting Quizno’s more than any other.  I wasn’t initially planning on going over there today but then I heard of a new sandwich they just introduced: “The Torpedo”.  It’s a 12″ sub on a long, thin ciabatta roll.  It reminded me of the great sandwiches you’d get at sandwich stands in London (ED. NOTE – They are baguettes, I just couldn’t remember the name since no one in the old US of A calls a sub a baguette, useless you are a pretentious d-bag.  Any who, there are TONS of baguette stands in London and during my visit there I practically lived off them.  In fact I think I ate five during the day I spent at Wimbledon).  So I figured “why the hay” and ventured over.   They offered up five different variations, two with bacon.  I tried the turkey bacon and I got to tell you, not bad.  The sandwich was thin and watching just how little meat they used on the sub, I was getting a little dismayed, but it turned out to be pretty tasty.  I’ve mentioned Quizno’s use of crumbled bacon before and on this sandwich it works well.  There was a bacon taste to just about every bite, even if you don’t get the texture.  Best part – this sandwich is also selling for just $4.00!! 

Now I like both places, and have favorite subs at both places, but in this case I tried two new things and I got to tell you from use of bacon to overall enjoyment – this round goes to Quizno’s.

I give the Chicken Bacon Ranch – 5 piggies eating bacon!

 

 

For the Turkey Bacon Torpedo – 7 piggies eating bacon!

 

 

So let it be written, so let it be done!