My top two favorite sandwiches in Houston are the Ahi Tuna Steak Sandwich at Union Kitchen and the Gulf Shrimp and Texas Blue Crab at the original location of Local Foods in The Village. It would be impossible for me to rank one ahead of the other, I think.
I’m going to try to steer my senior’s lunch gang back to UK sometime so I can get another one of those. I see the original location of Local Foods still lists the sandwich as made with green goddess dressing but the newer locations show it’s made with ranch dressing. I’m going for the GG version and hope the recipe hasn’t been changed - I just don’t need another opportunity to work ranch dressing into my diet!
I mentioned somewhere, maybe on Chowhound, the Tampa/Ybor City style Cubano at the Cuban Cafe in Baytown (with a slice of salami) and how it was the best Cubano I’d ever had. That’s way far over there and I’ve only had it twice but I’ve also like the Pork Cuban at Amazon Grill, which doesn’t strive for tradition, and I could list that as one of my favorite sandwiches. I’ve seen Cubanos on numerous menus around town of places that aren’t Cuban, too. I’m a little leery but I’m going to take a chance on some of these.
I’ve had the migas at Manena’s, best I’ve had of any of the Argentinan places in town. I can see how they can be addictive but I don’t think I could list them as a big favorite. That’s one of the things I want to get back to Andes for although from the menu, it doesn’t look like their version is much like the traditional versions.
Another sandwich I’d love to find a good version of is a New Orleans style roast beef po-boy with gravy and debris. Best I ever had was at the place originally called Calliope on Jefferson, east of 59 (she didn’t protect the name and lost it to a place out near me so she had to change her name to The Cajun Stop). I went a couple of months ago and didn’t have the roast beef but I thought the food was not as good as I remembered. Anybody got any recs?
