A burger at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +13.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.
whole wheat bun, toasted: salmon patty; nori; wasabi-mayo; ginger; cucumber; avocado; sesame seeds.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Nori (dried seaweed), Ginger.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.4 | 19th |
| acid | 0.1 | 26th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 50th |
| umami | 1.1 | 35th |
| heat | 0.2 | 69th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
58 Balance, out of 100
The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.
What each layer brings
| Layer | Role | Flavor and texture | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole wheat bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| salmon pattyscored as Salmon | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender | +4 |
| nori | not scored | ||
| wasabi-mayo | not scored | ||
| ginger | aromatic | heat 2 soft | +3 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +1 |
| sesame seeds | not scored |
Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.
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