Around the World 14 - Corned Beef & Cheese - Could it get Better?

I am going Around the World on the Primantis menu, eating every sandwich, in order.

14th is the Corned Beef & Cheese, and I've known for a long time that this is a truly excellent sandwich. I've always loved corned beef, especially as a brisket, and sliced thin is just as good.

I don't know what they do to corn beef, but it's delicious.

The saltiness of the beef is the perfect item to go with cool, tangy coleslaw and the somewhat bland french fries. It all goes really well together, and the corned beef has a strong flavor that will not hide behind that of the other items. 

Turns out it's cured with rock salt, which are nicknamed "corns", Yummy rock salt.

There is an excellent umami with the richness of the beef; there is a fantastic mouthfeel. Unlike many of these sandwiches with the excellent flavor of salted meats, they definitely give you enough corned beef. There's enough there to be rather filling, and there's enough there to get the real flavor.

In fact, I usually get the corned beef when I go to the Smallman Street location. It's easy, it needs no modification, and it's excellent. 

The only issue that sometimes comes up is that you don't always get a well-put-together sandwich. It's very easy for the corned beef to get piled up right in the middle, and you have to spread it around and make sure you get some meat in every bite. Sometimes it's very easy for this thinly-sliced meat to fall apart and require some reassembly. But, if that's your biggest issue, you've got a pretty good sandwich.

It's fantastic, truly fantastic, and I can't wait to try it with egg to see if it can unseat the only thing that is objectively better than corned beef: capicola boosted by egg.

Taste: 10 It's absolutely delicious and has a strong flavor. Adding an egg might take it to 11.

Satisfaction: 8 Sometimes it gets messy and needs reassembled. It's a scattered meat.

Flavor: 10 The flavor you get is excellent. So tasty.

Enjoyable: 8 Reassembly required.

Pittsburghness: 9 Chicago is usually known for the Irish and their corned beef, but Pittsburgh once had a hockey team named the Shamrocks, so...

Ranking:

Capicola (with Egg)

Corned Beef

Capicola

Pastrami

Pittsburgher Cheese Steak

Kielbasa

Hot Sausage

Genoa Salami (Double Meat)

Jumbo Baloney

Turkey

Triple Cheese

Genoa Salami

Ham

Egg

Bacon, Egg & Cheese

Bacon