Subway Serves Up a Cucumber Sub in South Korea

As a bit of an oddity, Subway is serving a new Cucumber Sandwich for a limited time this month in South Korea. The sandwich really highlights the vegetable as it only contains 80g of cucumber slices and ranch on the chain's classic Italian bread.

Subway's Cucumber Sandwich is a promotional menu item celebrating Cucumber Day on May 2nd. It's available throughout the month of May. A 6-inch Cucumber Sandwich is priced at 3,200 won (~$2.29 US).

While the Cucumber Sandwich may seem odd, it's not that far removed from the chain's Veggie Delite sub, which only contains fresh veggies (which could just be cucumber if you so choose) with your choice of cheese and condiments. Additionally, cucumber sandwiches for afternoon tea and the like aren't unusual either.

Given how wet cucumbers are, it seems like the bread could get soggy in short order if the sandwich is assembled like the picture.

Photo via Subway South Korea.