I’m not a vegetarian but I do chow on vegetables for health reasons. I include it in my meal whenever possible. Last night, it was a pleasure to discover that one of the new seven Starbucks Lunch Sandwiches – the Roasted Vegetables on Flat Bread - is positioned as a healthy vegetarian sandwich for the ‘veggy‘ lovers.
Roasted Vegetables in Flat Bread
I wasn’t really expecting much from the vegetable sandwich but it was surprisingly good! The Roasted Vegetables Sandwich will replace the vegetable artisan roll you might have been used to. It consists of Mediterranean vegetables marinated in Italian spices with mild chili dressing on grilled flat bread. The chili is interestingly mild just enough to put a twist to the fare.
To complete your healthy meal, pair it with the Green Tea Latte (no whip, of course) and go for soy.
6 Other New Lunch Sandwiches
Starting August 9, Starbucks will introduce these new hot lunch sandwiches catering to those looking for filling meals during lunch time. Prepared in less than 5 minutes, it is best suitable for people on-the-go.
Aside from the Roasted Vegetables sandwich above, the first three which will be available in all Starbucks Philippines branches are the following:
Ultimate Grilled Cheese
Ultimate Grilled Cheese
It’s a grilled cheese sandwich made with six types of cheeses such as Gruyere, Emmenthal, Feta, Provolone, Mozarella, and cheddar.
Although half of those cheeses sounds alien to me, it ended up good to the taste. On the other hand, the premium cheeses might cater only to the more mature taste buds who can appreciate high quality cheeses. It also comes with slices of Hungarian sausages in between and seasoned with roasted garlic and Italian herb-ed butter on bread.
Roasted Chicken Pesto
The roasted chicken breast fillet comes with Shitake mushrooms and pesto mayo sauce topped with Emmenthal and cheddar cheese in between grilled flat breads. The breast fillet are juicy and the pesto mayo is really aromatic.
This is actually the only one retained from the previous lunch sandwiches menu. And there’s a great reason why this is so. 🙂
Roasted Chicken Pesto Sandwich (left) Beef Brisket Sandwich (right)
Beef Brisket
Emmenthal cheese covering slices of beef brisket with caramelized onions and Dijon mustard constitute this sandwich. The beef brisket itself was fairly ‘ok’ last night but I think I need to try this again before I give it a final verdict.
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The last three new sandwiches are available in select Starbucks branches in the Philippines:
The Clubhouse
The Clubhouse Sandwich
It’s the usual chicken clubhouse you know…with ham, cheese, pickle relish, mayo mustard dressing, tomato and greens, among others, on flat cranberry bread.
It’s available in all Starbucks branches except Baguio, Boracay, Bacolod, Cebu, CDO, Davao, Iloilo and Naga.
Tuna Waldorf
Tuan Waldorf
Tuna Waldorf is a classic tuna salad with red and green apples, walnuts, and celery in yogurt mayo dressing topped with hard-boiled eggs served in raisin walnut bread.
This one’s a filler and will surely be loved by those with good appetite and good taste.
It’s available in all Starbucks branches except Baguio, Boracay, Bacolod, Cebu, CDO, Davao, Iloilo and Naga.
Tuna Melt
Tuna Melt
It’s a tuna salad with melted cheese on roasted Rye bread topped with mozzarella and seasoned wtih Spanish paprika.
This is the rarest among them all available only in selected provincial branches and the only one reachable by land from Metro Manila – is Starbucks Baguio. The other branches that carry this is Boracay, Bacolod, Cebu, CDO, Davao, Iloilo, and Naga only.
Starbucks Lunch Sandwiches
NomNom Recommends
After perseveringly trying all of the seven sandwiches last night for the benefit of my readers 🙂 , I recommend these top three in no particular order (parang beauty pageant lng) :
- Roasted Vegetables on Flat Bread
- Roasted Chicken Pesto on Flat Bread (there’s a strong reason why this one was retained)
- Tuna Waldorf in Raisin Walnut Bread