A cheese and onion roll served at a local pub in Derbyshire has divided opinion due to one rather huge detail – so would you be brave enough to try it? It’s only £3.50, after all
Many of us love tucking into our favourite, staple sandwich at lunchtime. In the UK, we are spoiled for choice – from hearty ham and cheese to egg mayo, coronation chicken, and more. Another that is a British classic is a cheese and onion sandwich, but could you stomach this sandwich that has got thousands talking?
A cheese and onion roll is being sold at a British pub for a reasonable £3.50. You may wonder why this has made the news – but it’s actually due to one important detail. The sandwich is so huge that people just can’t get their heads around it.
The roll in question, sold at the Dew Drop Inn in Derbyshire, is filled with a five-inch block of cheddar cheese and three large onion rings.
The whopping bap is so full that customers can’t even close the bread slices together – but that doesn’t stop people digging into it. The pub can sell as many as 200 a day – so they’re clearly doing something right!
While the sheer size of the sandwich has caused alarm to some, they have been a mainstay in scores of pubs in the Black Country, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and surrounding areas for decades.
@carl_thompson shared a picture of the delight on X recently and said: “Lads, this is what you call a cheese & onion barm. No nonsense tackle. Dewdrop Inn Ilkeston, Derbyshire.”
One individual commented on the viral post, which has raked in over 189,000 views, and said: “Now that’s quality, I just hope there was a good butter to bread ratio too.”
Another wrote: “A proper chewy white roll! Can’t find one in the whole of London.” Meanwhile, a third said: “Used to eat cheese and onion sandwiches all the time when I was a kid. Absolutely loved them. Still do.”
A fourth commented: “That’s a cheese and onion roll. Magnificent though.” And a fifth added: “A proper sarnie, I’m glad there’s places that still sell them, not like some where you go in and every sarnie comes with Brie and cranberry or some other poncy filling, and you always get a ton of green stuff.”
Despite many being obsessed with the sarnie, others were a bit intimidated by it. One joked you’d “need an axe” to cut through it. Meanwhile, another joked: “My wife looked at that and said that she wouldn’t know whether to eat it or climb it.”
Pub landlady Michelle Henderson spoke about the famous sandwich. She told Mail Online: “It’s been a British tradition at the pub for years, started by a former landlord to sell no frills baps which go down well with a pint. They’re legendary and people come from all over to get one. We don’t skimp on the size!”
She added they often get customers who have gone to watch football matches coming in afterwards for the viral sandwich.
This was evident recently – when Ilkeston Town Foot Club recently played a Manchester reserve team. Apparently, “all the lads jumped off the train and their first stop was the pub for a cob”. We don’t blame them!
