What do you think of when you say "skewered food"? Yakitori, dumplings, kushikatsu ... Grilled fish and jumbo frankfurt are also exciting and wonderful, but as the kanji for "skewers" indicates, it feels like "skewers" when some small things are stuck.


The "skewered food" that the En-Eating editorial department heard rumors about this time is a sandwich! It's called "Kushi Sandwich" and is offered at Nishi-Ogikubo's sandwich shop "Yappy Birth". Picks may be stuck in sandwiches at coffee shops, but it looks different. I was curious, so I decided to go eat!

■ I came to Nishi-Ogikubo "Yappi Bath"

From the south exit of JR Nishi-Ogikubo Station, walk through "Suzuran-dori" for about 3 minutes.


The white outer wall is marked by a white tent and the red mat at the entrance. There is also a menu board at the store.


When you enter the store, the first thing that comes to your eyes is a model that seems to be an oversized "skewer sandwich" that stands beside the showcase.


Inside the colorful wall store, there are showcases with sandwiches and eat-in seats.


Sample skewer sandwiches are lined up in the showcase. Vegetables, bread, ham, cutlet, etc. are stuck on skewers alternately, making it fun just to look at it. The names are all strange, such as "Shogun" and "Bomb", which makes it exciting to order.


Each skewer sandwich comes with a cheese sauce that you can choose from three types. Tartar cheese, basil cheese and pizza cheese are available.


For dessert, there is also a "fruit skewer" sandwiched with fruits!


In addition, roll bread sandwiches and drink menus are also substantial.



■ Order skewer sandwiches at eat-in

After hesitation, the order was "General", "Bomb", "Frill" (250 yen each) from the skewer sandwich, "Ann (strawberry)" (250 yen) from the fruit skewer, and "Duck meat tartar cheese sandwich" from the roll bread sandwich. 320 yen) decided. The drink was ice latte (300 yen).

■ This is a skewer sandwich!

The appearance of skewered sandwiches lined up on one plate is like yakitori.


I asked for three types of sauce, one for each. From the left of the photo, tartar cheese, pizza cheese, and basil cheese are all handmade and packed in packs.


◆ Skewer Sandwich Part 1 Shogun

The most popular shogun. Fried soy sauce plums, petit tomatoes, radish & carrots, cucumber slices, and bread are skewered. Is it a shogun because it is a Japanese-style ingredient?


Choose tartar as the sauce.


The fried chicken is the best size to open a large mouth and stick it on a skewer. When chewed, juicy gravy overflows, and it goes well with crispy and crispy. With the addition of tartar cheese sauce with plenty of eggs and onions, the response to eating is quite good.

The bread is not bread but French toast soaked with eggs. The inside is fluffy but the surface is chewy, and even if you eat it with well-seasoned fried chicken, you can be assured that it will not be "Where is the bread?"


◆ Skewer sandwich 2 frills

Popular with women, the frills are made up of petit tomatoes, ham, cucumbers and lettuce. The fluttering lettuce and ham are just like frills.


For the sauce, choose a refreshing green basil cheese sauce.


The standard sandwich ingredient, fresh vegetables and ham, is a perfect match for French toast. Basil cheese sauce is added to the place that is too refreshing as it is, and the richness and response to eating are improved.

◆ Skewer Sandwich Part 3 Bomb

Bomb that is popular with children. The ingredients are curry menchi, lettuce, and petit tomatoes.


I tried to make the sauce a pizza sauce that is also popular with children.


The crispy, coarse-battered curry menchi is small but full of meat. Although it has a spicy flavor, it has almost no spiciness, and it is understandable that it is popular with children. The rich and sweet pizza sauce is made with tartar sauce with plenty of onions. Even if it is combined with Menchi, it does not become too ugly, but rather it is finished in a addictive taste.

◆ Butter roll sandwich Duck meat tartar cheese

Although it is a limited menu in May, it seems to be the most popular item among butter roll sandwiches.


Roast duck, tartar cheese sauce and radish & carrot sauce are sandwiched between cut rolls.


The thick yet tender duck meat melts smoothly with a fluffy bread roll. The sour taste tightens the overall taste, and the crispy texture makes it an accent. It is said that it is under consideration to continue due to its popularity, so it is a dish that I would like you to continue after June.

◆ Fruit skewer Ann

There is also a fruit x cream skewer sandwich for dessert!


Strawberries and bread are alternately passed through skewers, and plenty of fresh cream and chocolate are used as toppings. Bread is French toast with rye and slightly bitter cocoa powder.


With juicy strawberries, fresh cream and French toast, it tastes like a cake. Fresh cream is sweetened with maple syrup. Perhaps because of the shape of the skewer, if you pick it up, you will end up eating it all at once and want the next one.

■ Skewer sandwiches you want to know more

Delicious and fun skewer sandwiches. I asked Mr. Atsumi, the store manager, what he was interested in, such as his birth!

◆ Where did you come up with the idea for skewer sandwiches?

En-eating: Please tell us how the skewer sandwich was born.

Atsumi: "When I'm making an ordinary sandwich, the ingredients are left over or scraped out. At one point, when I tried to put it away and stabbed it one after another, the shape seemed interesting. Was the reason why I came up with the skewer sandwich. "


◆ Why is it French toast?

Eat: Why is French toast used instead of regular bread?

Atsumi: "Skewer sandwiches cut bread into bite-sized pieces, so ordinary bread will dry out. By dipping it in an egg and frying it, you can keep the inside plump without drying. It's also because it's more fun to look at colored bread. "


◆ How popular are you from children?

En-eating: The skewer sandwich "Bomb" is popular with children. Do you have many customers with children?

Atsumi: "Yes. It seems that you are attracted to the appearance, and there are many children who come in with their eyes shining. Parents say," If this is the case, the child will eat vegetables, "or make a reservation. Sometimes I secretly order a lot of vegetables. "


Thank you, Atsumi-san!


◆ Summary

All the skewer sandwiches are not only cute but also have a certain taste. The voluminous ingredients and French toast made it even more satisfying to eat. It looks gorgeous, so if you bring it to a picnic, it will surely attract attention not only from children but also from adults. It was a yuppie berth skewer sandwich that I'm looking forward to developing in the future.

The store is located at 102, Sankyu Heights, 5-17-7 Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo. Business hours are from 12:00 to 19:00 and are closed on Sundays.

* All listed prices include tax