Syracuse Sandwich: Robin Hood's Grilled Ham Cheese and Tomato (Delaware Edition)

Who: Robin Hood What: Grilled Ham Cheese and Tomato
Where: Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Phone: (302)227-0770 Website: None
Parking: Street Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Take-Out: Yes Delivery: No

     This is the first installment of a special Delaware edition of Syracuse Sandwich. I should call it Delaware Sandwich but until I move down there permanently we’ll stick with Syracuse Sandwich. We were looking for lunch one day and right on Rehoboth Avenue you can check out the menus for each restaurant on their windows. A diner type place called Robin Hood restaurant was offering a lunch special that featured a variety of sandwiches with a cup of soup and fries for less that $5. Christine and I found that this would be the cheapest meal we would eat the entire time down in Delaware and probably the best deal for the money. As an appetizer we ordered a basket of fried clams which were huge and fresh, unlike what you will get here. We both ordered the grilled ham, cheese, and tomato sandwich with the vegetable soup. The soup came out first hot and tasted amazing. It was loaded with vegetables that included lima beans and cabbage. The seasoning and vegetables combined to make a broth that I could have had as a meal all by itself. We had very high expectations for the sandwiches after such an amazing soup and we were not disappointed.

     Grilled shaved ham steak came piled on sourdough bread with American cheese and fresh tomato slices. The bread was grilled to absolute perfection and so buttery. Fresh tomato slices were juicy and sweet which contrasted nicely against the saltiness of the ham. When I saw shaved ham in my sandwich I was ecstatic because most diners will serve you lunch meat heated on the grill. This ham was what they used for their ham dinner entrée and if you’ve ever had grilled ham, you know how great it tastes. My only problem with the sandwich was that the cheese wasn’t entirely melted. The corners that stuck out from the bread were barely warm. I couldn’t get enough but by the end of the second half of my sandwich, I was full.

Rating: Delicious – If you want a cheap lunch in Rehoboth, check out Robin Hood.