Sando Pop-Up (サンドポップアップ)
Short-run sando stands, from Katsu Sando at Kura in Los Angeles (2018) to Konbi in New York (2019) and Sandoitchi in Dallas (2020), and why a cutlet suits the queue.
Andrew Lekashman
Sando Cake (サンドケーキ)
Cake designed to look like a sandwich; trompe l'oeil dessert.
Salmon Sando (サーモンサンド)
Smoked or grilled salmon on shokupan.
Sakura Sando (桜サンド)
Cherry blossom flavored cream sandwich; spring seasonal.
Roast Pork Sando (ローストポークサンド)
Sliced roast pork (chashu-style or Western) on shokupan.
Roast Beef Sando (ローストビーフサンド)
Thin-sliced roast beef on shokupan, often with horseradish mayo or gravy; department store/deli item.
Roast Beef Sando - Wagyu (和牛ローストビーフサンド)
Roast beef using wagyu; more marbled, tender.
Rice Burger (ライスバーガー)
Grilled compressed rice 'buns' with filling (usually teriyaki meat or shrimp); MOS Burger popularized.
Rice Burger - Yakiniku (焼肉ライスバーガー)
Rice burger with yakiniku beef filling.
Rice Burger - Shrimp (海老ライスバーガー)
Rice burger with tempura or grilled shrimp.
Rice Burger - Kinpira (きんぴらライスバーガー)
Rice burger with kinpira gobo filling; vegetarian.
Rice Burger - Chicken (チキンライスバーガー)
Rice burger with chicken filling.
Rice Bread Sando (米粉パンサンド)
Sandwich on rice flour bread; gluten-free alternative.
Reuben Sando (ルーベンサンド)
American Reuben sandwich at specialty shops; pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss.
Raisin Butter Sando (レーズンバターサンド)
Japan's raisin butter sando sets cold whipped butter cream and rum-soaked raisins between trimmed shokupan. The flavor traces from a bar snack to Rokkatei's 1977 Marusei cookie.
Potato Salad Sando (ポテトサラダサンド)
Japanese potato salad (with cucumber, carrot, ham, Kewpie mayo) on shokupan; popular at bakeries.
Po'Boy (ポーボーイ)
The New Orleans po'boy is built on a loaf that exists nowhere else: Leidenheimer's thin-shatter crust, airy crumb, made to carry fried shrimp, oyster, or roast-beef debris.
Pizza Toast (ピザトースト)
Pizza toast was 1964 Tokyo's answer to pizza it could not afford: a thick slab of shokupan under ketchup and melted cheese, browned in a toaster oven, the permanent furniture of the kissaten.
Piroshki (ピロシキ)
A Russian baked bun that Japan re-engineered into a fried one. Ground pork and onion in soft enriched dough, often bound with glass noodles to hold the juices, sold warm from the bakery case.
Philly Cheesesteak (フィリーチーズステーキ)
American Philly cheesesteak at specialty shops.
Persimmon Sando (柿サンド)
Japanese persimmon (kaki) and cream; autumn specialty.
Peanut Butter Sando (ピーナッツバターサンド)
Japan's pīnattsu kurīmu swaps peanut oil for sugar and starch syrup: paler, glossier, and built for soft shokupan rather than a savory lunch spread.
Peach Sando (桃サンド)
Japan's peach sando runs on a short summer window from Yamanashi and Fukushima orchards, not just Okayama's. A peach has no core to slice around, so the cream has to hold it.