work2fly

the best club sandwich I can recall was at

Lindey's in Columbus, OH

Fredd

If you are ever driving through British Columbia, you will come to a small town named Hope. In Hope is a very simple restaurant called the Home (ask any local) where I guarantee you will find the largest (and among the best) clubhouse sandwiches on the continent.

Incidentally, I'm currently working through the South Beach Diet after one cruise too many and I hope the pain I caused myself in writing this and thinking about clubhouse sandwiches is appreciated.

tinkybelle

the amenity at Hyatt peir 66 CAN be a club and aussie wine.
the club was just sensational!

then I had one at the pool and it was so so.

The Sydney Hilton used to have great clubs.before it closed.


Had a room service one adn Sheraton on the Park in sydney and it was very ordinary-and cold and had a $4 service charge attached.
Had I signed for it I wouldnt have been happy.

Internaut

Room service at the Keio Plaza in Tokyo deliver a really nice club sandwich.

oneant

Can anyone eat a standard club sandwich without incident (i.e. able to get their mouth around it to get a bite; the sandwich doesn't fall apart quickly)?

I'm about to stop ordering them altogether unless there's some trick I'm missing.

obscure2k

Much easier to eat if you order it with just 2 slices of bread instead of the usual 3 slices.

Gamecock

I don't have an issue with what you are describing. Maybe you need to reassess your technique.

LTN Phobia

I (pathetically, perhaps) eat them with a knife and fork to avoid an incident like that.

VivoPerLei

I've never had a problem getting my mouth around a club sandwich, two or three layers of bread. In fact, I could do justice to a Denny's club sandwich right about now

uszkanni

Remove the middle slice of bread (or, as Obscure2K said, order it with only 2 slices).

If it's a decent club, it'll be made with a "real" (i.e., whole) chicken breast and not the press-formed "luncheon" meat crap that's all too often used (Oscar Myer, I'm looking at you).

Sweet Willie

it also won't be overstuffed with iceberg lettuce, where the lettuce is 1/3+ of the sandwich.

oneant

That is a great idea! I'll try that next time.

It never occurred to me to take off the middle slice since I thought the double-decker thing was THE main component that made it a Club sandwich. Like ordering a taco without the tortilla.

TMOliver

Always easier if you don't try to eat the toothpick and its tassel with the first bite of every little triangle....

Orchids

I do away with the bread and order it as a salad. Especially good if it's a lobster club.

SkeptiCallie

A true club sandwich--and I am thinking of memories from childhood--is so good that any considerations of how to approach it are inconsequential.

Just out of curiosity, how do you define a club sandwich? I have seen it defined by the inclusion of bacon. You do mention three slices of bread, which to me are critical.

I define it as having three slices of white bread, toasted, with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, sliced American cheese (optional), and sliced meat of some variety, ham or turkey usually. These ingredients are assembled, then quartered, and then each quarter is held together with a toothpick covered with cellophane (as mentioned by upstream poster). These are then arranged on a small plate with a few potato chips in the center and a pickle slice or two.

These should be served only at an old-fashioned drugstore that has a section set aside for sandwiches, malts, and floats, the drinks handmade, using scooped ice cream. Unfortunately, this type of drugstore no longer exists--SFAIK, that is--so it is impossible to have a truly "authentic" club sandwich.

Not that I wouldn't take the other kind--or yours too, should I be seated nearby.