I ate Toby Carvery’s £7.99 roast dinner in a sandwich – it’s divine but you can’t eat it without repulsing fellow diners

ROAST dinner is my death row meal and my ashes will be scattered around the local Toby Carvery.

So I was elbows out in the office to grab this daring assignment — trialling the restaurant chain’s new Ultimate Roast Dinner Sandwich, which was revealed in The Sun yesterday.

The Sun’s Stephen Moyes tucks into Toby Carvery’s £7.99 roast dinner sandwichGary Stone – Commissioned by The Sun

And Stephen explains why it’s not something to eat when there’s company aroundGary Stone – Commissioned by The Sun

Filled with slices of turkey, beef, gammon and pork, served in a bun along with sage and onion stuffing, it is not for the faint hearted.

Not least because it is also filled with roast spuds and adorned with a Yorkshire pudding containing a pig in blanket.

But I was salivating at the sight of my plate arriving, bearing a monster meal of all my favourite treats.

And such was my excitement that I barely heard the encourage- ment from my smiling, friendly waitress.

“Good luck!” she said with a giggle.

As I went to pick up my steaming sarnie, I realised what she meant. I attempted to force the bottom of the brioche bun into my mouth, with gravy-laden stuffing oozing out the side, but my nose hit a slab of juicy beef half-way up the sandwich.

My eyes took a hit from the monster puffy Yorkshire pud proudly sitting on top, and the pig in blanket nearly disappeared down a nostril.

But I bravely ploughed on, refusing to let the 7.5in-high treat beat me.

My tastebuds were in heaven as they took a hit of the classic roast.

But I was momentarily distracted by rivers of gravy racing down my fingers.

Toby connoisseurs enjoying their staple dishes from the traditional carvery looked on, repulsed, as I valiantly struggled on.

As food and gravy ran down my chin, I made a mental note never to order the sarnie in company and — heaven forbid — not on a date.

A few bites in, I released the 4in skewer which had held my dish together.

Dollops of potatoes, stuffing, turkey, beef and gammon plummeted from my mouth.

My sandwich looked more like a stew as I called upon a knife and fork to rescue the meal.

The table was covered in a sea of napkins as I scooped the food back on to my plate and made nods of embarrassed apology to horrified fellow diners.

The cutlery was needed to polish off the delicious grub.

At £7.99 and 888 calories, roast aficionados will have no regrets ordering this super-filling dish, which can also include mac and cheese.

And there’s an option to swap the brioche bun for a ciabatta.
It’s divine.

But it’s more of a roll-up-your-sleeves, go-for-it adventure than a genteel luncheon work nibble . . . and bring your own bib.

Here’s the list of what’s in the monster offeringGary Stone – Commissioned by The Sun