Romeo Signature Baguette

These days, I rarely go for back-to-back sandwich days but after my first 5km run in what must have been 10 years (I am definitely not a cardio boy), I got hit with a serious craving for a ham and cheese baguette. Seemed like a fair reward.

Since I didn’t have much time before heading to my next thing, I stopped by Romeo’s Food Hall IGA in South Eveleigh, hoping to find one of their fresh sandwiches. And well… I did say I’d stop ordering cured meats, but the Romeo Signature Baguette was the closest thing to what I wanted. Because it was a mix of both cured and uncured deli meats, the saltiness felt more balanced, and honestly, this was exactly what I was looking for.

The baguette was fresh, nicely chewy, and not so hard that it’d wrecked the inside of your mouth. The lettuce was fresh and crunchy, which worked perfectly with all the deli meats—its high water content helped tone down the saltiness. The signature sauce tasted mostly like plain mayo, and while there wasn’t much of it, a little extra would have gone a long way.

That said, for $9.95, there’s really nothing to complain about. This sandwich was huge—seriously a steal. Who knew a supermarket sandwich could be this good? Honestly, this rivals what you’d get at a café or deli, but at a way better price.