I'm not going to lie. We went to Pitlochry for the weekend solely to get a sandwich. Not just any sandwich...but the kind of sandwich that changes your life.
Let me elaborate. Back in 2007 we were in Pitlochry and we stumbled into a Deli in search of lunch. We ordered a sandwich each, and went back to our hostel to eat it. What happened next changed our lives. It was as if our mouths had an explosive orgasm, the kind that disturbs the neigbours makes the dogs howl. How can a sandwich be this good?!?!
Since then we have always fantasised about going back to have another of those amazing sandwiches..I daresay it helped push us into moving over here. Since we are only about an hour away from Pitlochry here at Teasses Estate, we jumped on a train (well, 3 trains) and headed to sandwich heaven for the weekend.
I know what you are thinking:
Q) How did you know the Deli would still be there? You were there 7 years ago!
A) Because we googled it before we left Australia, and we kept a menu from when we were there so we knew the name. Not only are they still there, but they now have 2 shops!
Q) Was the sandwich worth it, was it as good the second time?
A) No. No it wasn't. Rather than having the fresh thickly sliced granary bread, they only had white bread rolls with about half the filling that we were expecting. The fillings still appeared to be about the same, but they were stingy, it wasn't cheap, and the whole experience left us a little hungry and a lot deflated.
We felt like our best friend just told us that they didn't want to be friends anymore. With heavy hearts, we went straight to the pub.
But it wasn't all sandwiches and disappointment. We also went to the pub (twice) & had a great dinner dinner (twice), got plastered, listened to some awesome live music, bought a super warm jumper from an op-shop for 2 pound, went to the dam & fish ladder, and went to the distillery and got a free mouthful of whisky.
