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.
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Bikini amb Pernil Dolç
Classic bikini with cooked ham (jamón york/dulce).
Barra de Pan
Standard Spanish baguette-style bread; crusty exterior, soft interior. The default bocadillo bread.
Almuerzo Valenciano
Somewhere between nine and noon, Valencia stops for the esmorzaret: a serious sandwich, a saucer of local peanuts and olives, a beer, and a flamed rum coffee to finish. The occasion is the dish.
Aceite de Oliva
Olive oil; drizzled on bread, essential.
Żurek w Chlebie
Sour rye soup in bread bowl; żurek served in hollowed bread.
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.
Zapiekanka z Warzywami
Vegetable zapiekanka; with peppers, onions, tomatoes, corn.
Zapiekanka z Szynką
Zapiekanka with ham; diced or sliced ham added to the mushroom-cheese base.
Zapiekanka z Sosem Czosnkowym
Zapiekanka with garlic sauce; white garlic mayo sauce, increasingly popular alternative to ketchup.
Zapiekanka z Serem Pleśniowym
Blue cheese zapiekanka; with Gorgonzola or other blue cheese.
Zapiekanka z Podwójnym Serem
Double cheese zapiekanka; extra cheese for cheese lovers.
Zapiekanka z Plac Nowy
Plac Nowy zapiekanka; from the round market hall in Kraków's Jewish quarter, legendary location.
Zapiekanka z Pieczarkami
The mushroom zapiekanka is the plainest, oldest reading: pieczarki cooked down until their water is gone, melted cheese, a baked baguette face, nothing loud to hide a soggy crumb behind.
Zapiekanka z Oscypkiem
Zapiekanka with oscypek; smoked sheep's cheese from the Tatra Mountains. Regional specialty.
Zapiekanka z Mozzarellą
Zapiekanka with mozzarella; for stretchier cheese.
Zapiekanka z Kurczakiem
Zapiekanka with chicken; grilled or roasted chicken pieces.
Zapiekanka z Kiełbasą
Zapiekanka with sausage; sliced Polish sausage (kiełbasa) on top.
Zapiekanka z Ketchupem
Zapiekanka with ketchup; the classic topping, applied in a zigzag pattern.
Zapiekanka z Kebabem
Zapiekanka with kebab meat; döner-style meat, fusion creation.