Bacon, Gouda Cheese & Egg Frittata on Artisan Roll (Starbucks)

Calories: 380

Protien: 19 grams

Sodium: 1050 mg

Fat: 20 grams

Breakfast sandwiches at fast food places are pretty hit or miss. You never know when you are going to eat something that’s good, or something that has ham that tastes like plastic. Well, I was at Starbucks this morning and I was hungry so I decided to get a sandwich. Usually the sandwiches are sold out in the morning very quickly so I was lucky today because they had a wide selection available. I decided on getting the Bacon Gouda Sandwich that comes with egg and is on an Artisan Roll. It was heated up in the heating machine and the barista offered me a plate and that was nice of her. So I asked for some ketchup and the thing about the ketchup you get from Starbucks is that the ketchup is about 1.75 times the size of your regular fast food ketchup packet. And the ketchup tasted really good. So I took my plate with my sandwich and my ketchup and sat down next to the fireplace in a comfortable leather chair.

I took the first bite of the Bacon Gouda Sandwich and was blown away by how tasty the bread mixed with the egg and cheese was. The flavors seemed to melt together to make this slightly sweet and bready mixture. I didn’t get a bite of the bacon at that time, so I put some ketchup on the bitten area and began again. This time, when I tasted the bacon with the egg and the cheese I was like, “Say what? This is a Starbucks sandwich?” It is that good. I was feeling kind of guilty because it tasted so good and I was sure that it couldn’t have been a very healthy snack. From what I know now is that the Bacon Gouda Sandwich is pretty high in salt. If you eat two of these things then you’ve had your entire daily recommended sodium intake. That’s pretty crazy for a sandwich that you can eat in like two minutes.

Now I know that the official name of this sandwich is that it is a fritatta, but it looks like a breakfast sandwich to me. And even though it tastes fancier than a regular breakfast sandwich like a egg McMuffin or something, it still has all the same parts of a regular breakfast sandwich. One piece of warning: This thing is deceptively hot when it comes out of the warmer. At first it seems like you can eat the whole thing just a few seconds after it is heated. That’s what I did. But unfortunately it was hot and the cheese burned my gums. The problem is that the sandwich is so delicious that you want to keep eating it and ignore that pain like it’s a slice of pizza or something. So I learned my lesson, next time I eat a Starbucks Bacon Gouda Sandwich I will make sure to let it sit for a minute.