This Restaurant’s Breakfast Sandwich Ranked As Best In MD

When not just any breakfast sandwich will do, head to Lapu Lapu in Gaithersburg.

It’s the home of the Bistek, which the food website Chowhound rates as the best breakfast sandwich in Maryland.

Here's what the food website says about the unique breakfast offering you'll find at Lapu Lapu:

"It may be tiny, but Lapu Lapu goes big on flavor. The spot is all about Filipino-style breakfast sandwiches, along with some American classics. If you can only try one sandwich, many say the Bistek is the way to go. It features thinly sliced ribeye marinated in lemon and soy, a fried egg, pickled onions, lettuce, white American cheese sauce, and garlic adobo mayo in a pandesal bun."

If you go:

• Website: lapulapubreakfast.com
• Phone: (240) 477-7764
• Address: 216 Market St. W., Gaithersburg, MD 20878
• Hours: Closed Monday and Tuesday; open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday

More about Lapu Lapu:

"Chef Ja's dream has always been to bring the Philippines to you, one dish at a time. He kicked off his first concept, Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly, in Rockville, Maryland which spotlights the famous Cebu-style Lechon belly. After receiving recognition and many accolades, he now wishes to help start your day off right with Filipino breakfast to go!

"Not only is our little mom and pop family owned and operated by Chef Ja and his wife, all of our sandwiches are served on Pan de Sal buns made by Gwenie's Pastries, a bakery owned by Chef Ja's sister and mother," the restaurant website said.

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To determine the best breakfast sandwich in every state, Chowhound looked at customer reviews on such sites as Yelp, TripAdvisor and Reddit, and narrowed the list down to restaurants whose breakfast sandwiches earned scores of at least 4.5 stars.

“In terms of the sandwiches themselves, we looked for key characteristics like freshness (no store-bought frozen breakfast sandwiches), the quality of the ingredients, and expert execution,” Chowhound said on the website. “Of course, great flavor was paramount.”

If you need to eat on the fly, Chowhound also ranked breakfast sandwiches at fast-food restaurants:

1. The breakfast burger at Carl’s Jr.
2. The chicken, egg and cheese biscuit from Chick-fil-A
3. The ultimate breakfast sandwich from Jack-in-the-Box
4. The Asiago sausage and egg sandwich from Panera
5. The Sausage McMuffin with egg at McDonald’s
6. The Egg McMuffin from McDonald’s
7. The sausage, egg, and cheese croissant at Dunkin’
8. The fully loaded Croissan’wich at Burger King
9. The sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich at Wendy’s
10. The sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit from Burger King

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