Cusine: New American
Location: North Park, San Diego, California
Company: Skinny Kevin, Kato, Raymond, and Rebecca
Overall Experience: THE place to go for the best freaking sandwiches
Urban Solace calls these their "Famous Warm Cheese Biscuits with Orange-Honey Butter." Everybody should know and taste these delectable light biscuits! They have the flavor and aroma of cheese without the actual presence which would actually weigh these fluffy pillows down. The biscuits are small, but do not let their size deceive you for a couple of these will definitely fill you right up. The orange-honey butter that comes with the biscuits was a bit odd for me. I'm not a huge fan of honey (unless its super delicious and from the farmer's market) and I'm not a huge huge fan of citrus-infused flavors except in my sangria. The biscuits without the special butter are absolutely delectable and don't need butter to make it any better.
I ordered the Chicken Salad sandwich by being convinced that the chicken comes from a local farm (don't quote me) and accompanied with farm fresh ingredients. The chicken meat was very delicious. It had a very clean feeling to it and was lightly accompanied with a typical mayo dressing. I felt that the mayo weighed down the salad a bit but the fresh tomatoes and lettuce helped to counter that. Each sandwich/burger was also accompanied with sweet potato fries that I felt were too deflated and fried. There was too much batter on each fry and it took away from the sweet potato aspect.
Urban Solace's Monte Diego sandwich is a take on a monte cristo, where the bread part is french-toast-like. The Monte Diego comes with smoked ham, fontina cheese, grilled pears, marinated onions, and a strawberry current jam. The sandwich is more like fluffy-french-toast-on-steriods rather than an actual sandwich. It was a bit saltier than I had liked it to be but each element was definitely delicious. The french toast sandwich bread was made to perfection while still holding on to a sandwich-bread-like quality. The pears gave the sandwich an interesting texture while also adding a natural sweetness to it also made possible with the strawberry current jam.
The Smoked Salmon sandwich was a bit salty for me, but it was interesting. It was gently grilled smoked salmon! After being spoiled from the smoked salmon that I tasted in Malmo, Sweden, this smoked salmon bears no competition. However, within the standards of the typical diner at Urban Solace, who did not have this Swedish experience, the salmon is pretty good. The grill also adds a really nice additional smokiness that just brings the whole sandwich together. The sandwich also includes fresh tomatoes and a bed of lettuce that helps counter the salty smoked salmon.
Apparently, Urban Solace's burger is famous and here it is! Their House Burger is comprised of ground Niman Ranch Beef, aged cheddar, and smoked tomato jam and sandwiched between an egg bun. The beef is amazingly delicious and definitely not your Ralph's ground beef. The egg bun also creates an impressive texture that does not over the flavors of the beef and additions. The bun is a bit softer and a bit sweeter than a typical hamburger bun. So good! I would definitely chose this burger over Hodad's any day of the week!
Overall: This lunch keeps me going back to Urban Solace! I had also visited their brunch which is absolutely amazing (possibly another post). I could eat all of their sandwiches any time of day. So good, fresh, and delicious!
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