I have always had an affinity for sandwiches, especially those with melted cheese and toasted bread, so panini sandwiches fit my taste nicely though I only became a fan in the past year. While in Phnom Penh, Vanessa and Cullen guided us to the Melting Pot, a little restaurant near the market owned by some French friends of theirs. We went and were happy to find smoked salmon paninies on the menu. I think Hilary ended up having a veggie panini while I had the salmon. As you can see, the sandwiche was rather large, toasted nicely, not too brown but still crisp, and very full with mazzerella, so much so that it stretched out like silly puddy when you pulled a section away. In the future I would go with the veggie for one simple reason: salmon do not frequent Southeast Asia and so the smoked salmon I had had to be shipped in and thus was, well, fishy. I liked the sandwiche very much despite this fact, and I ate every bit plus a couple sections of Hilary's that she could not finish. I was full when we left. Aside from the price being a slight exorbanant (that word is probably spelled wrong, but it is to say that the price was high), though this is to be expected when the recipe is not only foreign, but so are the ingrediants that constitute it. The basil that was included was a nice touch and pushed the meal up to 3.5 forks. I'd eat it again, though better the veggie, as I said.
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