So, today’s National Sandwich Day, as it’s the birthday of John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, and you guessed it, he’s the inventor of the world-changing bread-meat-bread concept. As Liz Lemon so eloquently put it, all of humankind has one thing in common, the sandwich.

Living in New York, I know this to be true. My favorite sandwiches represent a smorgasbord of cultures, ranging from Banh Mi (from Banh Mi Saigon) to the fresh Saturday roast beef at Fiore’s, to pastrami at the Second Avenue Deli. And I haven’t even been to Defonte’s, Porchetta, or Luke’s Lobster yet.

My favorite sandwich probably has more to do with nostalgia than any sort of culinary judgement I could make though. But that’s the best part of sandwiches right? They take you places: ballgames, picnics, the mostly-blacked out memory of a corner deli at 4 am.

My all-time go-to sandwich comes from the Park Avenue Deli in Huntington, NY. It is the Buffalo Soldier. It’s perfect in it’s simplicity: one well breaded chicken cutlet, fully submerged and soaked in buffalo sauce, placed on a poppy-seed Kaiser roll, and slathered with blue cheese dressing. It’s basically a giant Hooters wing between two pieces of bread, and it’s perfect.

So, today I ask you to humor me. What’s your favorite sandwich and where is it from?

Below are some awesome links on great sandwiches of NYC, courtesy of Serious Eats:

Sandwich Alley: New York’s West Village Block of Sandwich Deliciousness
Some Serious Sandwiches in Manhattan
Top 10 Sandwiches in Brooklyn
Bouchon Bakery’s Fluffernutter Sandwich
Xie Xie: An Asian Sandwich Shop (What a Concept)
Roast Beef Sandwich Mondays at Salumeria Biellese
Sandwiches at Saltie
Bklyn Larder: Great Artisanal Market and Deli from the Franny’s Pizzeria Owners
Hoagie Haven in Princeton, NJ
New Jersey: Town Hall Deli’s Sloppy Joe
Num Pang Sandwich Shop: What’s in a Name?
Baoguette, Tasty Banh Mi Sandwiches, Not Tasty Delivery
Salumeria Biellese: The BYOB Hero Review