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Here in China, standard Subway subs come in two sizes, six-inch and 12-inch.

They've done us the favor of cutting our 12-inch sub in half.

How very kind.

In the U.S., our subs also come in two sizes, a six-inch or a 12-inch, also known as the footlong.

We're gonna measure both of these with a tape measure to make sure that those lengths are actually correct.

What does it look like?

Is it right?

Is it good?

I would say it's like maybe a few centimeters off of 12 inches, but it's close enough.

Like, I don't think you're gonna notice a few centimeters of sandwich missing.

I'll give you a pass, Subway.

That's fine.

That's about 30.8 centimeters. 12.12598 inches.

That one is six inches, for sure.

About 15 centimeters. 5.9055 inches.

We can also get sub platters in the U.S.

Ours are the exact same size, five 12-inch subs cut into 15 pieces.

That is a lot of sandwich.

It's very, very heavy.

It's really heavy.

I'm gonna leave it there.

We used to have sub platters and party subs, but show's over, folks.

No more parties on this side of the Pacific.

How's it look for you, Nico?

We used to have party subs in the U.S., but Subway overhauled and streamlined its menu last year and now seems to have stopped offering them.

Somebody check on Joe right now, because I know he is devastated.

Moving on from subs, drinks at a Chinese Subway only come in one size, medium.

That's just sad.

Drinks at a U.S.

Subway come in four sizes, small 21 ounces, medium 30 ounces, or large, which is 40 ounces.

You may have noticed I said we have four drink sizes then only showed you three.

That's because on Subway's catering menu in the U.S., you'll find this.

Thank you to my beautiful assistant.

It's a gallon of Hubert's lemonade.

This supposedly serves eight people, which would be 16 fluid ounces each.

Why is the recommended serving size for this lemonade smaller than the usual small size?

That's very suspicious, Subway, but I do love this lemonade.

So the large is supposed to be 40 ounces.

We're gonna measure it to see if I'm being lied to, basically.

The medium is meant to contain 473 milliliters of your drink.

Let's see how much is actually in there.

The Coke is really dark, so it's kind of hard for me to see the numbers, but it did go slightly above 32 ounces, which is significantly less than the 40 I was promised.

And by the way, this was with no ice.

It's meant to be 473 milliliters, but I just wanted to show you, look how much is missing from the top.

This here is about 425-ish.

And if that's the case, it's missing over 50 milliliters of my soda.

What gives, Subway?

Here's everything that you'll find at Subway China that you won't find in the US.

Here's everything that you'll find at a US Subway that you won't find in China.

Obviously, Subway's menu is highly customizable.

By combining different ingredients, Subway claims you can create over 2 million sandwiches.

I don't know if I believe that, but I also don't have the time and or money to prove it, so let's just say it's true.

Now, let's start with the foundation of any sandwich, the bread.

Now, here in China, we have a couple of options, and by a couple, I mean two, that you don't have in the US.

First is honey oat, and the second is parmesan oregano.

Now, it's on the menu, but of all of the stores that we ordered from, they all changed out the parmesan oregano for just regular bread.

So I don't know if they're offering it anymore or it's just still on the menu and they've forgotten to take it out.

And in the US, we also have exclusive bread options like artisan flatbread and hearty multigrain.

Once you've picked your bread, then it's time to choose your fillings.

These are all of China's exclusive fillings that you won't find in the US, starting with the black pepper thick-cut steak.

Oh, they weren't joking when they said thick-cut.

I know, that's pretty decent.

Here, we have the Italian sausage and the chicken thigh chop.

It's always the chicken thigh when it comes to chicken meat in a burger, because Chinese people, thigh is the juicy part, not the breast.

Next, we've got the egg mayo series.

We love our egg mayo here.

We've got salad dressing, salami egg mayo.

I will need to ask for more salami next time.

Four pieces just doesn't cut it when you've got a six-inch sub.

There's also the tuna egg mayo.

I'm just gonna move swiftly onto the chicken teriyaki egg mayo.

The Chinese name is quite descriptive.

It's the parent and child sandwich, because obviously chicken and egg.

Put egg mayo in a bun, I'm happy.

Here, we've got the teriyaki chicken sandwich on honey oat bread.

It's not got egg mayo in it.

It's an inferior teriyaki chicken.

The full house, which is tuna and chicken.

Oh, it's a good thing none of you can smell my breath right now.

Woo!

And here, we've just got the bog-standard ham.

Save the best for last, our pulled pork limited edition sandwich with chia seeds in our bread.

I'm quite pleased with the amount of meat that's found its way into the Subway subs.

A little bit too sweet for my taste, but the pulled pork is there.

We have a ton of subs in the U.S. that aren't on the Chinese menu, so let's start with the classic sandwiches.

So we've got the big hot pastrami, buffalo chicken, chicken and bacon ranch, cold cut combo, meatball marinara, oven-roasted turkey and ham, steak and cheese, and the veggie patty.

A fast food meatball sub sounds difficult, so I kind of want to try it and see how it tastes.

This is a very heavy sandwich, I just want to say.

It reminds me of school lunch, like the smell of walking into a cafeteria when you're in seventh grade.

That's the vibe I'm getting from it.

It's an okay meatball sub.

So this is the chicken, bacon, ranch.

I love chicken, I love bacon, and I love ranch, so hopefully I like this sandwich.

There's just something about how the meat looks that's making my tummy hurt a little.

I think it's just the paleness of the chicken and bread.

I mean, it tastes better than it looks.

Next, we have the no-bread-y bowls, starting with the black pepper steak egg mayo no-bread-y bowl.

This actually looks really good.

They've got some kidney beans and some kind of coarse grain at the bottom as well.

This actually looks decent.

Oh yeah, now this tastes really good.

Next, we have the tuna egg mayo no-bread-y bowl.

Oh, that does not look appetizing.

It's a teriyaki chicken egg mayo no-bread-y bowl.

This is actually pretty decent.

I think the no-bread-y bowls I'll probably actually order again.

We also have the no-bread-y bowls, which, according to the menu, are different than a salad, although they look exactly like a salad.

A salad hidden under a mountain of deli meats.

Here are all of the U.S. exclusive bread-y bowls.

The exclusive sandwiches don't stop there.

In 2022, Subway in the U.S. launched a range of menu items known as the Subway Series.

It's a list of 12 subs with predetermined ingredients designed to streamline the ordering process.

So instead of going down the line and picking every individual thing that you want, you can just order these off a menu.

While prepping for this shoot, we thought we had most of the subs on the Subway Series menu, but since then, we have found out that they have dropped more sandwiches on this menu.

The list just seems to keep growing, and I don't know when they're gonna stop.

So let's just focus on the subs that we have in front of us right now.

I am very intrigued by the Monster.

That name sounds awful, and I'm hoping the sandwich will not be.

I think it looks pretty good to me.

Okay, so this is the Monster, which is steak, bacon, and cheddar.

That's delicious.

It's good.

The Bella Matzah.

I think that if I was any of the sandwiches on this list, I would wanna be this one because why wouldn't I wanna be the prettiest sandwich?

This one definitely has a more pleasing look to it.

There's just so much color in it.

It looks like it has a lot of fresh ingredients in it.

So in the Bella Matzah, we have ham, capicola, and mozzarella.

All delicious.

Let's taste it.

Oh, yeah.

And I really, really like it.

This feels very classic sandwich to me.

Like, if I was going to a sandwich shop, I'd probably order something like this.

So this is the All-American, which has turkey, ham, and bacon.

She looks pretty good.

She's not really giving.

I think it's too much onions.

I really, really wanna taste the sliced Avo Mexicali.

This one has rotisserie chicken, avocado, and pepper jack.

That all sounds so good to me.

Ooh, she's saucy.

I feel like I haven't seen much sauce going on, so this is different.

There's a lot of sauce in there.

It's good, but I think the sandwich has just been sitting here for so long that the bread got soggy.

So the bread on the bottom is, like, very, very soft, but the actual taste of the sandwich is really, really good.

It's honestly tasty.

And Subway also offers wraps.

So here we've got their black pepper steak wrap.

Oh, yeah, I think I prefer this version.

Next, we have the teriyaki chicken wrap.

Smells a bit wet.

The turkey breast wrap.

There's literally one slice of turkey breast.

Here we have the Italian sausage wrap.

The sausage has been butterflied.

It's just one sausage.

It's actually OK.

After doing all of this Subway research, they actually added wraps onto our menu.

Here are all of the wraps that you can get on the US menu.

We also have a couple of exclusive meat options in the US, pepperoni and capicola.

Here in China, we have some meaty toppings that you won't find in the US.

For example, shrimp, which they literally gave us in a paper bag.

Subway will ask you if you want cheese on your sub, and we definitely have a lot more cheese options than they have in China.

Both countries offer American or shredded mozzarella, but the US also offers pepper jack, provolone, Swiss or Monterey cheddar.

China has one sandwich topping that you won't find in the US, and that's egg mayo.

We love egg mayo here.

I love egg mayo.

It's basically just chunky mayo with eggs inside.

And you'll find it in over half of our offerings here in China Subway.

You have it in subs, you have it in wraps, and you have it in protein bowls as well.

All of these are egg mayo.

It's delicious.

When it comes to vegetable toppings, both the US and China offer tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, pickles, green pepper, black olives, red onions, and jalapenos, but the US also carries banana peppers, my favorite, spinach, and avocado.

We also have some exclusive sauces like barbecue and Thousand Island dressing.

And then there's also mayo, honey mustard, black pepper sauce, and olive oil.

It's kind of shocking that we don't have Thousand Island dressing as an option.

It's not like a super common sandwich spread, at least not in my house, but you do see it on Reubens and stuff like that.

Exclusive sauces in the US include oil, red wine vinegar, creamy sriracha, buffalo sauce, MVP Parmesan vinaigrette, and roasted garlic aioli.

They shove these words in everywhere.

You guys are trying to gaslight me into thinking that this is an athlete's favorite food, and I know that's not true.

It's crazy.

It's crazy what's happening here.

MVP Parmesan vinaigrette isn't real.

You made that up.

Speaking of trying to make me think that athletes love Subway, here are the athlete collabs.

Here we have the Avocado Spike Bowl by Rob Gronkowski, the No-Look Chicken by Patrick Mahomes, the Front Court Feast by Charles Barkley, the Meatball Marksman by Steph Curry, and then there's the Danger Witch.

Let's talk about the Danger Witch.

Once upon a time, this was Russell Wilson's Subway collab sandwich.

I don't know what happened, but at some point they removed his name from the sandwich.

I think it has something to do with this weird commercial they did promoting the Danger Witch.

You ever done anything dangerous?

I obviously can't confirm anything, but I'm dying to try this, so let's see what the Danger Witch tastes like.

They probably should get rid of it in general because it's also just not a very good sandwich.

It mostly just tastes like mustard.

Now, it's tradition on Food Wars to combine all of one country's exclusives together.

I present to you the US-only Sub.

It has bacon, pepper jack cheese, banana peppers, spinach, buffalo sauce, all on jalapeno cheddar bread.