Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Egglet griddles up sweet Korean street toast

University City counter shop does breakfast sandwiches and eggy burgers

Egglets sandwiches are served upright, including a fried egg cheeseburger (left) and ham and cheese street toast (right)
Egglets sandwiches are served upright, including a fried egg cheeseburger (left) and ham and cheese street toast (right)
Video:

FEAST!: Egglet griddles up sweet Korean street toast


Breakfast sandwiches have a surprisingly global history, beginning with the lardy egg sandwich 19th Century factory workers in London called a bap sandwiches, and extending to New York City's plainly named bacon, egg, and cheese. Somewhere in there you have the French adding bechamel to deliver the more famous croque monsieur.


Place

Egglet

7728 Regents Rd., San Diego


Evidence the world is not done with the evolution of breakfast proteins smashed between bread comes to San Diego by way of the new University City eatery called Egglet. The word egglet is a portmanteau of egg plus omelet, which puts it up there with such unnecessary word combos as laxadaisical and dumbfounded. And what Egglet refers to on its menu as "egglets," are what South Korean food fandom more commonly calls Street Toast


Egglet is easy take out, but there are plenty of places to sit in its University City shop.


What we have here are breakfast sandwiches built on thick, griddled slices of brioche, wrapped and served upright, akin to some styles of the Japanese milkbread sando. In other words, they're kinda cute. 


Sponsored
Sponsored

Priced between 8 and 9 bucks apiece, these street toasts range from an omelet and three cheeses, to bacon and nacho cheese, to stuffed with up to three turkey sausage links and shredded cabbage. I went for the ham cheese special, which combines grilled ham, cheddar, and cabbage for $9.25.


A ham cheese special with grilled ham, cheddar, omelet, and shredded cabbage


Purists will say where I went wrong was the cabbage—a New York City bodega would be about as likely to add greens to an egg, bacon and cheese as McDonalds would an Egg McMuffin. But pressed between the crispy brioche, grilled ham, and a heaping of folded layers of omelet, the cabbage is subdued—easy nutrients to be had. Where it lost me was the addition of Egglet's secret sauce, which adds sweetness to a concept most nations have chosen to keep savory.


I know some people like sweetness enough to pair it with their bacon, etc., but it's nothing I'm going to get behind at nearly ten bucks a pop.


A cheeseburger topped with caramelized onions and over medium egg

Fortunately for me, Egglet balances out its breakfast sandwich menu with an actual sandwich menu. These hot sandwiches are all served on brioche hamburger buns, led by a bacon and fried egg option made with caramelized onions and nacho cheese ($9.75), and including options made with chicken breast ($11.50), grilled shrimp ($12.50), Korean BBQ ($11.75) or egg salad ($8).

I was taken with the simple cheeseburger, built around a nicely charred angus patty, caramelized onions, and an over-medium egg by default. It's less cute, but still served upright, and without the sugar, as unnecessary to me as another portmanteau: irregardless.

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

La Clochette brings croissants—and cassoulet—to Mission Valley

Whatever's going on with this bakery business, Civita Park residents get a decent meal
Next Article

San Diego seawalls depend on Half Moon Bay case

Casa Mira townhomes sued after losing 20 feet of bluffs in storm
Egglets sandwiches are served upright, including a fried egg cheeseburger (left) and ham and cheese street toast (right)
Egglets sandwiches are served upright, including a fried egg cheeseburger (left) and ham and cheese street toast (right)
Video:

FEAST!: Egglet griddles up sweet Korean street toast


Breakfast sandwiches have a surprisingly global history, beginning with the lardy egg sandwich 19th Century factory workers in London called a bap sandwiches, and extending to New York City's plainly named bacon, egg, and cheese. Somewhere in there you have the French adding bechamel to deliver the more famous croque monsieur.


Place

Egglet

7728 Regents Rd., San Diego


Evidence the world is not done with the evolution of breakfast proteins smashed between bread comes to San Diego by way of the new University City eatery called Egglet. The word egglet is a portmanteau of egg plus omelet, which puts it up there with such unnecessary word combos as laxadaisical and dumbfounded. And what Egglet refers to on its menu as "egglets," are what South Korean food fandom more commonly calls Street Toast


Egglet is easy take out, but there are plenty of places to sit in its University City shop.


What we have here are breakfast sandwiches built on thick, griddled slices of brioche, wrapped and served upright, akin to some styles of the Japanese milkbread sando. In other words, they're kinda cute. 


Sponsored
Sponsored

Priced between 8 and 9 bucks apiece, these street toasts range from an omelet and three cheeses, to bacon and nacho cheese, to stuffed with up to three turkey sausage links and shredded cabbage. I went for the ham cheese special, which combines grilled ham, cheddar, and cabbage for $9.25.


A ham cheese special with grilled ham, cheddar, omelet, and shredded cabbage


Purists will say where I went wrong was the cabbage—a New York City bodega would be about as likely to add greens to an egg, bacon and cheese as McDonalds would an Egg McMuffin. But pressed between the crispy brioche, grilled ham, and a heaping of folded layers of omelet, the cabbage is subdued—easy nutrients to be had. Where it lost me was the addition of Egglet's secret sauce, which adds sweetness to a concept most nations have chosen to keep savory.


I know some people like sweetness enough to pair it with their bacon, etc., but it's nothing I'm going to get behind at nearly ten bucks a pop.


A cheeseburger topped with caramelized onions and over medium egg

Fortunately for me, Egglet balances out its breakfast sandwich menu with an actual sandwich menu. These hot sandwiches are all served on brioche hamburger buns, led by a bacon and fried egg option made with caramelized onions and nacho cheese ($9.75), and including options made with chicken breast ($11.50), grilled shrimp ($12.50), Korean BBQ ($11.75) or egg salad ($8).

I was taken with the simple cheeseburger, built around a nicely charred angus patty, caramelized onions, and an over-medium egg by default. It's less cute, but still served upright, and without the sugar, as unnecessary to me as another portmanteau: irregardless.

Comments
Sponsored

The latest copy of the Reader

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

City Lights: Journey Through Light & Sound, Hotel Holiday Tea Service

Events December 7-December 11, 2024
Next Article

Pedicab drivers in downtown San Diego miss the music

New rules have led to 50% drop in business
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

This Week’s Reader This Week’s Reader