"That is a holy place for me. I love that place. I’ve jokingly said, but I’m half serious it should be a UNESCO site. It should be a landmark."
"For this succulent pork roast, famed salumi maker Armandino Batali (Mario Batali’s father) uses an especially thin piece of pork belly to simplify rolling up the meat."
"When you do get to the counter, branch out beyond the best-selling porchetta, and order the hot soppressata with fresh mozzarella, roasted sweet peppers and onions on top. The perfectly rustic Macrina Bakery rolls are painted with a garlicky olive oil that brings out the spices."
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"As for the sandwiches, the porchetta was meaty and dense and moist and well flavored."
"Salumi’s tribute to the pig. It was just so flavourful, it’s amazing."
"The meat was plenty juicy, and arugula and the herbaceous, olive oil-based spread with garlicky bite were both complementary."
"Seattle's 48 Best Sandwiches: Porchetta at Salumi - The Porchetta is a behemoth crammed full of juicy chunks of pork shoulder with braised carrots, fennel, celery, onions and an herby, garlicky spread—a veritable ode to this most delicious of beasts."
"It’s only open at lunch—there’s a line every day waiting for them to unlock the doors—for meaty two-fisters of porchetta."