Massive Mortodella Sandwich at Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo, Brazil

There is nothing worse than ordering a sandwich where they skimp on the ingredients. When you visit Mercado Municipal Paulistano de São Paulo the one thing you must try is the massive mortadella sandwiches. Packed with more mortadella meat than meets the eye you'll probably be sinking your teeth into one of the thickest sandwiches you've ever tried in your entire life. As one of the most popular sandwiches in Brazil it is made with roughly a half a pound of mortadella sausage deli meat, provolone cheese, mustard and mayonnaise on sourdough bread. In terms of size comparisons, only the smoked meat sandwiches at Schwartz's in Montreal and the pastrami behemoths at Katz's in New York City are stuffed with as much meat.
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Massive Mortodella Brazilian Sandwich at Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo, Brazil Travel Video Transcript:
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So we just arrived in Sao Paulo's Municipal Market. It is lunchtime. We were starving and we saw that they have these amazing Mortadella sandwiches. Have a look at this. This is a monster. As I was approaching the table Sam was like 'Wow'. You know what, I haven't seen a sandwich that big since we've had it from Katz's in New York City. Do you remember the pastrami sandwiches we had there? Amazing! And this place is called Hocca bar. I think I'm pronouncing that right in Portuguese. Hocca. Hocha? So yeah, there is a huge line here, the place is packed and we've ordered the sandwich that is called Bellissimo. If you have a look here it is thick amounts of Mortadella, some melted cheddar cheese and also sun-dried tomatoes in there. And like a fluffy white bun. Like French bread. Ah, you know what. Let's dig in. That's going to be hard to bite in to.
Alright, time to tackle this.
Okay, so let's try to dip it into this spicy pepper sauce. Like this is so gooey and greasy.
Oh, look at the cheese! Look at the cheese. Wow!
Crazy. So good. Yeah? So, good. Also their sauce is quite spicy. A lot spicier than I was expecting. So I'm like burning in my throat. Your tongue is on fire.
It is just so juicy, I know I keep saying this but look at that. It's like oozing juice and grease and it is just the bread is sopping it all up. My gosh. One more bite and then I'll share.
Are you ready for this? I'm ready. So I'm going to try a little bit of the sauce too.
Oh, big bite.
Big bite.
Hahahaha.
I got more sauce on the side of my mouth than I did inside of my mouth. But how is the sandwich?
But you're right. Delicious. Like just such massive amounts of meat. Yeah.
Like I said the only other place that I've had this much meat has been in Katz's in New York and Schwartz's in Montreal. So now we've found a third place in the world that serves meat like this. Yeah.
Incredible. Here in Sao Paulo. Have another bite. And you are right. That sauce is ridiculously spicy. I'm going one without the sauce this time.
Oh man. That is so good. Yeah. I don't know if you can see this but like there is juice dripping down from this meat. Yes. Yes, there is. Look at this. There. That's awesome.
That's one heck of a sandwich.
Well, as usual we took care of that. How are you feeling?
That was a greasy feast for the ages. I am feeling stuffed. One sandwich is totally enough for two people. Yeah, if you can fish the whole sandwich you're either ridiculously hungry or you're a bit of a pig to be honest.
Alright, and price wise this was just under nine dollars. Yeah, nine dollars. So I'd say pretty good value.
About 30 something Reals. So yeah, really good value and bring a friend. Bring a friend. That is the number one tip.
This is part of our Travel in Brazil video series showcasing Brazilian food, Brazilian culture and Brazilian cuisine.
Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network