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# Cajun Crab Cake Sandwich at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-cajun-crab-cake-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:22:48.000Z
- Description: Creole spiced crab cakes, cajun aioli, tomatoes, arugula, pickles on grilled roll. Sandwich Score 45, rough. At Homemade Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Homemade Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Kaiser RollPickle (cucumber)ArugulaTomatoKaiser Roll

**45**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +24.

Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

58

Harmony

43

Contrast

80

Structure

75

Focus

75

Composition

29

Quality

100

Envelope

86

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.

**grilled roll**, toasted: creole spiced crab cakes; cajun aioli; tomatoes; arugula; pickles.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Crab Cake, Cajun Aioli.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 82ndacid2.5 · 90thfat0.0sweet0.7 · 77thumami0.4 · 8thheat0.0bitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 82nd               |
| acid   | 2.5   | 90th               |
| fat    | 0.0   | n/a                |
| sweet  | 0.7   | 77th               |
| umami  | 0.4   | 8th                |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**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     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| grilled rollscored as Kaiser Roll  | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame  |
| creole spiced crab cakes           |         |                                         | not scored |
| cajun aioli                        |         |                                         | not scored |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato           | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **0**      |
| arugula                            | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender             | **+3**     |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+9**     |

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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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.