#FastFoodFriday: Subway’s New Triple Cheese Sub: A Cheesy Sub That Tastes Like Salted Egg Yolk Sauce

A wise old man once said, “The best food that’s ever invented since 2015 is salted egg yolk sauce.”

Well, for that, McDonald’s might not concur.

But anyways, the wise old man continued, “But the best food that’s ever been invented since humans obtained intelligence is cheese. It’s well-liked by the young and old, it’s Instagram-worthy and it’s supposedly healthier than fried chicken since it’s dairy.”

While I ponder on why an old man like him knows Instagram, he continues, “Triple the cheese and you’ll have a winner.”

I don’t know what he’s talking about until I see this:

If you’ve not heard of it, fret not: no one in the office knows that Subway has come out with a new sandwich as well.

“Do a review of this for #FastFoodFriday,” the wise old man said.

“You even know about #FastFoodFriday?”

“I created Goody Feed, my little one.”

With that, the wise old man turned into ashes and disappeared.

Then the ashes turned into a Triple Cheese Chicken sub and here I am, having to review this just because the wise old man said so.

Now, before anything, here’s a disclaimer: while Subway does pay for our boss’ new BMW our bills as they’re one of our clients, this review is not sponsored at all, so it’s as raw as it is.

So here goes.

What is It?

I wasn’t kidding when I said that no one knows about this new sandwich—not even XiaoBeach73, who’s a die-hard Subway fan and is always loud in the office.

She of course volunteered to write this, but given that she writes an article like she’s writing a JC GP paper, we decided to just buy one more for her to shut her up while I do the honour of reviewing this cheesy cheese sandwich.

Known as the Triple Cheese Sandwiches, it comes in two versions: the chicken sub and the steak (beef) sub. The chicken sub is at $6.90 while the steak one is at $7.90—add $1 and you’ll get a drink for each sub.

 

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Interestingly enough, they’re not available as a footlong, so you’d have to fork out double the amount for a footlong version.

According to its Facebook post, it comprises baked cheese bread, melted American cheese and cheese sauce, which is why it’s “triple cheese”.

If you want, you can just take the cheese bread for other subs as well.

So, how does it look?

Cheesy Look

Our photographer, who has taken images of Subway sandwiches and wraps before, nearly toppled off his chair when we passed him the sub. He has once said that taking nice images of Subway items is one of the most challenging tasks ever: it’s almost impossible to have a neat sandwich since there are so many ingredients (unless, of course, we just choose to have one vegetable).

And so, this is the best he could muster given that we’re working on a tight deadline (having #FastFoodFriday weekly is challenging one, okay!):

One interesting aspect is that when we removed the wrapper, the smell of those cheese buns in bakeries greeted us immediately. My other colleague who has a dog’s nose could smell it metres away. So we can safely conclude that the cheese here is strong.

But how does it taste?

Taste Test

I’d have to admit: in the first few bites, I won’t even acknowledge the existence of any cheese.

The sauces that I’ve chosen (sweet onion and honey mustard) totally eclipsed any cheese in the sub. However, after a few bites, the cheese was more pronounced and that was when I regretted two things.

Firstly, I shouldn’t have included any sauce in the sub (weird, but read on and you’ll understand).

Secondly, I shouldn’t have said, “All veg, please,” and select just a few.

Because the sauces and the vegetables (especially those with strong taste like pickles) would overshadow the true star of the sub: the cheese.

Or to be more specific, the cheeses.

Thank God for me because the sauces have all dripped to the end of the sub (I wonder how my colleague dabao-ed it), so when I’m in the middle of the sub, the cheese immediately took over everything.

And boy are they lit.

The melted cheese is savoury and blends in extremely well with the chicken, and every bite is a delightful experience. It’s like cheese fries with 2X the cheese, and somehow, it reminded me of salted egg yolk sauce (no kidding).

I’m not cheese lover, but I’m no cheese hater, too: so if I think the cheese is goody, I bet cheese lovers are going to go extremely gaga over this.

It’s strong yet not too concentrated.

However, for people who hates the smell of cheese (or salted egg yolk sauce), I strongly discourage you to even smell it.

So, overall, is it worth the $6.90?

If you’re a cheese lover, you need to have it at least once. If not, it’s a good experience, though it’s not mentioned whether it’s less than 500 calories (all other subs are less than 500 calories)

Rating: 4/5 (for someone who’s ambivalent to cheese)