

Today we’re taking our eggs up a notch with the addition of creamy avocado, salty feta and a little heat from a drizzle of sweet chili sauce. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop (3380 20th St., at Van Ness Ave., map) serves great, classic sandwiches as well-try the Ray Ray, which features salami and cheddar cheese on Dutch Crunch.So full of goodness, these simple breakfast avocado toasts will give you lots of energy for the day! Who doesn’t love eggs on toast for breakfast! So quick and easy, they make the perfect go-to meal when you need something fast. Ike’s bombastic creations can include mozzarella sticks and jalapeño poppers (in sandwiches, yes), and are often named for San Francisco sports heroes.

Add avocado and cheese ($.75 each) for a killer combination.Īlternatively: Ike’s Place (3489 16th St., at Sanchez St., map) slings some of the most famous, and most beloved, sandwiches in the city Dutch Crunch bread is a menu fixture, and the go-to for sandwich orders. The salty, flavorful turkey meat (layers of white and dark) does, however, perfectly contrast the flavor and texture of the Dutch Crunch bread. Order: Pictured is the roasted turkey sandwich ($6.99)-one of our favorites here (note the turkey rotisserie spits behind the counter), but the innards are, of course, a personal choice.

Where: Do your Dutch Crunch justice by heading to the Arguello Super Market (782 Arguello Blvd., at McCallister St., map), a low-key neighborhood shop with great sandwiches and always-fresh Dutch Crunch. Skip it-you’ll miss out on the majority of the addictively crunchy top. Good to know: Some sandwich shops have “sliced” Dutch Crunch bread available. In any case, today you’ll find it in the city’s best delis, where the pliant roll is the perfect complement to salty sandwich innards. Depending upon whom you ask, the bread has been available in the San Francisco area since 1909 or perhaps decades later, and no one is really sure how it got here from Holland, where it ostensibly hails from. Also known as “tiger bread,” or tijgerbrood in the Netherlands, for its patterned and textured appearance, Dutch Crunch gets its signature cracked top thanks to a slurry of rice flour, sesame oil, yeast, and sugar. Why? This sweet, chewy sandwich roll with the crunchy, mottled top is largely unavailable elsewhere in the States. What: When we talk about sandwiches in the Bay Area, inevitably the conversation turns to Dutch Crunch bread. Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen OceaniaĪustralia French Polynesia New Zealand South AmericaĪrgentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay Venezuela John USVI Trinidad and Tobago EuropeĪlbania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine Mexico Wisconsin AfricaĪlgeria Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Réunion Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania The Gambia Tunisia Uganda Zambia Asiaīhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Canadaīritish Columbia Newfoundland & Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Central America & CaribbeanĪntigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico St. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Washington D.C.
