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Visiting Bonne

Ahh, I am so behind in my posts (again!). I'm getting older, time flies by too quickly!

I previously raved about super sandwich shop, Bonne Sante, in Burlingame and finally had the opportunity to go there. I thought Bonne Sante would look like a mom and pop's store - a small deli, of some sort. I was surprised that it was a long, narrow, open space with modern fixtures and 16-year-old employees. For some reason, I had a preconceived notion of a comfortable, low key, deli that makes perfect, large sandwiches.

My friends and I were heading to a house party, so we knew we didn't want to eat an enormous sandwich all by ourselves. We split a cranberry turkey three ways and it was the perfect amount of food to satisfy our appetite.

One thing I noticed was I actually liked the sandwich better after its been sitting out for a little bit. The previous times I had Bonne Sante, my friend picked it up and drove 20 minutes to San Francisco. By the time I ate it, the ingredients melted together and the bread was perfectly soaked in cranberry sauce.

Fresh or 20 minutes later, it's still delicious. It's Thanksgiving in a sandwich.

   
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The Go-to Place: Bonne Sante

My second helping of Bonne Sante definitely sealed the deal as THE place to go for sandwiches. Read about my first experience here. I tend to like to go to restaurants multiple times before I deem it a really good place. The first time might be good, but the second, third time HAS to be as good. I want to know that however many times I go to a restaurant, I'll have the same food, service and quality. Consistency, my friends. Consistency in a restaurant is key!


Anyways, enough preaching. My boyfriend and I were cleaning his apartment and our wonderful friend, Genki, brought two sandwiches for the three of us to share. The first one was turkey cranberry and the other was mortadella with salami and bacon.

The turkey cranberry was like Thanksgiving in a sandwich. So delicious. I've never had cranberry relish in a sandwich and this one was sweet and tart - such a great compliment.

The mortadella one was also yummy. It had the same sun-dried tomato relish as I had previously and it was intense with flavor.

I've had three different sandwiches from Bonne Sante now. i can't decide which one I like the best. I prefer the turkey ones a little bit more, just because I love turkey sandwiches. Hmm...I think I like the turkey, swiss with sun-dried tomato the best. I want to make that relish, it'd be great on crostini....

Bonne Sante doesn't mess around. You'll get a full, hearty, large sandwich that will satisfy your stomach and all your taste buds - all at a very reasonable price of $7 per sandwich.

       
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Extra Large Sandwiches

My friend, Genki, brought some sandwiches from Burlingame (I need to find out the name of the deli) a couple of Sundays ago for lunch. He's raved about them for a few weeks and we were curious to taste the sandwiches. There were four of us and he ordered three BLTs and one turkey swiss all on Dutch crunch.

Wow. When he took the sandwiches out of the bag, I was shocked. They were by far, the largest and heaviest sandwiches I've ever seen.

Being the odd one out, I had requested a turkey swiss. Pretty darn good. It was filled with the regular sandwich fix-ins such as tomato, lettuce and mayo. But, what made this sandwich extra special was the sun-dried tomato and olive spread. So good. It definitely added an additional layer of delicious-ness.

The boys' BLTs were said to be good too - filled with bacon, bacon and more bacon.

Needless to say, I didn't finish the sandwich. It was way too large (see picture 3 for comparison with a can top). I only ate 1/4 of the sandwich and the rest was saved for my next three meals. :P

To try to walk off the sandwich, we went to Union Square afterwards. Craving for something sweet, we stopped by Haagen-Dazs for ice cream. I got a scoop of the holiday classic, Peppermint Bark - peppermint flavored ice cream with bits of chocolate. It was sweet, minty and refreshing. Decent. Not my favorite and I'd probably not order it again, but it definitely filled my craving.

       
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