Andrew Lekashman

Andrew Lekashman

Bikini

Bikini

A Barcelona ham-and-cheese toastie pressed gold on the plancha, the bikini is a croque-monsieur that Franco's ban on French menu words renamed after the nightclub that served it.

Zapiekanka: an illustration of cheese, onion, ketchup, garlic sauce and more.

Zapiekanka

Poland's open street baguette, baked under cheese and never lidded. Born lean on a People's Republic shelf of mushroom and cheese, it grew a topping menu the moment supply opened after 1989.