A different filling inside

Panama

Reel good

Take a bite of a dish that has its roots in a movie. The Cuban sandwich at a Lower Parel eatery is inspired by Chef, a 2014 Hollywood comedy about a man who stops working at a restaurant to start his own food truck. Chef Sushil Multani from the city restaurant says that he retained the recipe of the sandwich from the original movie. He adds, "The pork is slow-cooked for five hours. It's a burst of both flavours and textures. The pork and ham are soft and the bread is crusty. The pickles and mustard it is served with make it a flavour bomb."
Time: 12 pm to 12 am
At: Cafe Panama, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Lower Parel
Call: 9988214444
Cost: Rs 595

Cheesy take

A cheese toastie is a classic sandwich that is as easy to make as apple pie, and something that you'd normally associate with American cuisine. But a Bandra eatery has an Italian take on cheese stuffed between slices of bread. Their herbed burrata sandwich features two Italian staples - ciabatta bread and burrata cheese, which is similar in texture to mozzarella. It's a dish that might well make you exclaim ‘Mama mia!' when you dig into it.
Time: 9 am to 12 am
At: Salt Water Cafe, Chapel Road, Reclamation, Bandra West
Call: 8657531985
Cost: Rs 470

Sweet it out

What do you call the union of a waffle and sandwich? Simple. ‘Waffwich'. That's what a chain of desert parlours across the city have named their range of dishes, which co-founder Alisha Shirodkar describes as "created fresh at our waffle stations with specially formulated eggless batter and premium fillings." She adds, "They are freshly baked, hot and crispy, and come in a variety of batters and fillings." It's a sweet take on what the 4th Earl of Sandwich invented, quite literally.
Time: 11 am to 4 am
At: The Belgian Waffle Co, multiple locations
Call: 8454006063
Cost: Rs 200 appx

Just dough it

The conventional idea of a sandwich is that you fill two slices of bread with savoury ingredients to make a filling dish. But sometimes, the definition of a sandwich can extend to ice creams, as an artisanal dessert brand has done with the caramel hazelnut disc and the cookie sandwich. Suvir Saran, chef master, shares, "Our sandwiches are as bespoke and artisanal as our ice cream, which is a true labour of love and culinary alchemy. The cookies are baked a la minute, and introduce the nuance of texture, temperature, freshness and quality to the experience of eating ice cream layered between cookies."
Time: 12 pm to 10.30 pm
Log on to: coldlove. in for Cold Love Ice Cream
Call: 9711136997
Cost: Rs 350