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# Tuna at Helacio's Deli & Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-helacio-s-deli-and-cafe-tuna/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:23:14.000Z
- Description: Tuna salad, lettuce, tomato, red onion, pickles, mayo, mustard on dutch crunch roll. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. At Helacio's Deli & Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Helacio's Deli & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-helacio-s-deli-and-cafe/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

Dutch Crunch RollMustardMayonnaisePickle (cucumber)OnionTomatoLettuceTuna SaladDutch Crunch Roll

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

97

Harmony

88

Contrast

93

Structure

100

Focus

90

Composition

87

Quality

100

Envelope

93

More acid than 90% of the catalog.

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.

**dutch crunch roll**, served cold: tuna salad; lettuce; tomato; red onion; pickles; mayo; mustard.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 83rdacid2.3 · 90thfat1.5 · 27thsweet0.5 · 65thumami1.3 · 43rdheat0.4 · 81stbitter0.3 · 75th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 83rd               |
| acid   | 2.3   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.5   | 27th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 65th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 43rd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 81st               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 75th               |

**97** 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    |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| dutch crunch roll                  | bread   | soft crackly crusty                     | the frame |
| tuna salad                         | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy soft        | **+22**   |
| lettuce                            | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+2**    |
| tomato                             | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+6**    |
| red onionscored as Onion           | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−1**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+2**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise           | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+6**    |
| mustard                            | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−1**    |

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.

## Pairings

- **Tuna Salad + Lettuce**: cool crunch under rich tuna salad
- **Tuna Salad + Tomato**: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
- **Tuna Salad + Pickle (cucumber)**: relish logic: sour crunch in rich tuna
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.