Sandwiches

The Monte Cristo is right up there as my favorite sandwich.

At base, this is a ham and cheese sandwich cut into quarters, with each quarter dipped in egg batter and deep fried, served with the likes of grape jelly for dipping. I have since learned that this is a type of croque monsieur.

The first time that I ever had one, I was about 13 years old (~1976) and we were eating lunch at a diner in Rio Vista (where my mom had an interior design shop). I don’t remember whether béchamel and Dijon were involved at that time.

Pure magic. Harkened back to when I would put marshmallows and sliced American cheese on pb&j.

This is what I would order whenever we visited the Blue Bayou restaurant at Disneyland.

I see it so rarely elsewhere that nothing else on a menu has a fair chance if I happen across it.