WHERE TO EAT The best Tramezzino in the world (according to food experts)

"My favorite by far was the chicken salad, filled with deeply flavored chunks of roasted chicken tucked between bright green lettuce and just enough mayonnaise to hold it all together. And the bread: nothing at all to do with the squishy industrial stuff you find in most tramezzini. This was home baked, firm , cut irregularly into squares and held together with a toothpick."

"The best bacari in Venice: Cantina Do Mori - The lights are suffused along the antique wooden counter on which you can lean to order "francobolli", small tramezzini stuffed with crabs, shrimps and more."

"The Bar Nazionale is the ideal place for those in Padova who want to taste a good tramezzino."

"Francesco is the local king of the fresh tramezzino (sandwich triangle). His corner bar may not look like much, but all Venice knows that he makes the best, partly because he actually makes them with fresh cut bread, rather than having them delivered prefabricated and vacuum packed."

"Tramezzini (triangular stacked sandwiches) are tasty, too – Bar Toletta goes easy on mayonnaise in favour of more flavourful toppings like olive tapenade. Get yours to go, or grab a seat for around a €1 more."

"Well, “Da Lollo” is the place where most people working in Rialto stop for lunch or for a quick break! You’ll be welcomed by good and filled tramezzini."

"In Trame there are about thirty combinations of fillings, from the classic tuna and onions or cotto and porcini mushrooms, to the more sophisticated and original like salmon and avocado. The bread used is the classic white sandwich bread and ingredients for fillings, all genuine and of high quality, come from the best companies in the Bel Paese: from speck of Alto Adige to the Calabrian 'nduja."

"Ugo Grill, which closely guards the recipe for its mayonnaise, has served the tramezzini gold standard for decades."

"Locals love their delicate tramezzini (white bread sandwiches with crusts cut off)."