DH and I decided we needed lunch but I had just finished mopping the kitchen floor. Yeah, the floor was wet and well I couldn’t walk in there with my feet… Yeah so I got out of cooking lunch, because we had to let the floor in the kitchen dry.

We were a little indecisive, about where to eat at first but remembered a place in downtown Stuttgart that had coffee and sold sandwiches and soup.

We decided to go to San’s Sandwich Bar, I noticed this place while we were sitting at another cafe drinking coffee. It seemed to always be crowded at lunch time, DH and I usually eat breakfast and luch a bit earlier then the crowds, and need a snack by the time lunch crowd came out.

There is a small case in front near the register which looks like ciabatta and foccacia sanwiches. There is also a large refrigerated sections with salads, sandwiches, desserts, muesli and fruit. There are huge lamp shades in orange red that hang from the ceiling. Everyone is friendly and can speak alittle english, but we tried out limited german. It is a really nice place, with long tables on really high stools, but then again I am pretty short. They offer different soups, salads, cereals, sandwiches, and drinks. I was really enticed by a customer carrying a bowl of soup with blue berries on top. So, I opted for the Kartoffel Pfifferling soup, a potato and chanterelle soup with crème fraîche. It came with chive garnish, and three lovely blue berries on top. Also it had a healthy bit of crème fraîche that had sunk to the bottom of the soup. DH swirled the soup and it went from clear broth to creamy white. The potatoes were soft but still a little firm so they didn’t turn to mush when you bit into them. The chanterelles were generous and plentiful, and golden against the creamy white soup. Yeah this was outstanding soup. The soup came with three pieces of bread, a slice of french, and two slices of dark bread with nuts and seeds.

DH “Yeah we can’t eat this all the time but the soup is excellent!”

DH pulled a Thai Sandwich from the deli case, and we were intrigued to see what it would taste like. It had some kind of mayo or schmaltz maybe smeared on the bread. The bread was softer then most german breads, but still denser then white. It had lettuce and red bell peppers, and pickled ginger, and turkey marinated in something. I cannot place the taste, but the sandwich was delicious. You can have your bread toasted from the front counter, but we opted not to have the bread toasted this time. Dh thought he tasted some lemon grass but found the pickled ginger delicious and did not taste the lemon grass at all.

Me: I so could make this sandwich at home, but it sure is tasty.

I am glad I ate the sandwich first because the sandwich was delicious, but the soup stole the show. It made a nice light lunch, and the place is pretty popular with the lunch time business and tourist. The last time DH and I were there we had the house coffee which was quite good. the prices there aren’t bad. The soup was excellent and the sandwiches are good, but we haven’t tried everything there yet. I wouldn’t definitely go back there again! For 2 bottled waters, one sandwich and one soup landed us at 12.30 euro, not too bad and both of us were full. I would say that for someone used to eating a lot more might be hungry so you might not want to share, and if you have the potato and chanterelle soup make sure you get your own bowl or you might fight on your hands.

San’s Sanwich Bar
Kleiner Schloßplatz 13
70173 Stuttgart, Germany