New sandwich at Jimmy's

[txram]

Forgive me if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find anything about it on the board...

Went over to Jimmy's to pick up some lasagnas for Christmas and noticed that they're serving a new sandwich. The "Philly Roast Pork" has thinly sliced roast pork, au jus, cheese (for the life of me I can't remember what kind), broccoli rabe and red peppers. While I'm familiar with this type of sandwich - DiNic's at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia comes to mind - I've never had one, so I've got nothing to compare it to.

Having said that it, Jimmy's was pretty darn good. Soaked and swimming in a pool of au jus (just like a really well dipped Italian beef), the pork was tender and flavorful. The partially melted cheese and red peppers were good as well. My only "complaint" - if you want to call it that - was that it was loaded with broccoli rabe. I'm not a huge fan of it in general, so I did take a little of it off the sanwich.

Overall, it was $6.99 well spent and I'll be having it again!

Anyone else try it yet? Thoughts?

[DallasDude]

Sound like an homage to DiNic's in PA market area. See pic below...

[94degrees]

txram, it's like you're me....from the future! I was going to post a review to make the same comments.

The broccoli rabe was a bit much. I never had it before but I liken it to turnip greens. The amount added too much bitter taste and made the bread a wet mess.

I kept looking around for some pepper vinegar sauce to cut the bitterness. Everything else was good, though.

[demigodh]

I've ordered it a couple of times for takeout and driven 5 minutes with it back to my house. By the time I would open 'em, they were a little too soggy for my taste. That said, they are phenomally tasty and I think I will order one tonight.

[txram]

I'll agree with you that it gets pretty soggy, pretty quickly. I ate there, but by the time I got to the second half of the sandwich, it was pretty drenched.

Definitely not one for me to pick up and drive home to McKinney to eat!

[planojim]

In Philly, they use sharp provolone on the roast pork sandwiches.

[head]

I saw the Man V Food about DiNic's and have been craving something similar ever since, will be sampling next week.

[twinwillow]

I'll be on it like flies on horse dung!