You Say Sandwich, We Say Yeah!

While visiting Hong Kong, I came across these Crispy Sandwich ice cream products from the Asian division of Haagen-Dazs. While the flavours were standard like vanilla and strawberry along with a green tea option, I was more intrigued by what the "crispy" part could mean. Well, it was like a wafer shell, but way more refined. It did not crack and crumble like you would expect, and the underneath layer was not weird and sticky from the ice cream, but the shell itself was almost space age in material. I still can't figure out what it was, but it stayed really crispy, making this a great and unique ice cream sandwich experience!

While a roll is a sandwich in the UK, I've never had a sandwich in China, though I've had many tasty meaty morsels tucked between freshly made dough-based pockets. The issue once again of what makes a sandwich reared its ugly head as I ate this western-style (or alternately, "Beijing-influenced") Xin-Jiang cumin beef roll. The sesame covered pan-breads are the best thing about this dish, and they themselves are often ordered to eat, as they are flaky on the inside and crispy on the outside, and go with anything that you put into it. Sounds like a sandwich, but is it? One of the best dining experiences I repeat whenever I visit Hong Kong is at a Beijing restaurant with hands-down the BEST lamb dish ever. They come as separate dishes, but they go together always as you stuff the lamb into these little sesame rolls that comes with a sharp spicy sauce to ladle over the whole mess. I want to buy a plane ticket right now just to have one. Are they sandwiches? No, because th...