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# The BABE at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-the-babe/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:22:07.000Z
- Description: Bacon, arugula, basil, egg, tomato, cajun aioli on toasted whole wheat. Sandwich Score 67, very good. 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.

Whole Wheat BreadTomatoEggBasilArugulaBaconWhole Wheat Bread

**67**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +21.

Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

78

Harmony

100

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

52

Quality

100

Envelope

97

More bitter 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.

**toasted whole wheat**, toasted: bacon; arugula; basil; egg; tomato; cajun aioli.

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

## Balance

salt0.9 · 48thacid0.2 · 33rdfat1.8 · 37thsweet0.2 · 24thumami1.6 · 53rdheat0.0bitter0.6 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.9   | 48th               |
| acid   | 0.2   | 33rd               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 37th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 53rd               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.6   | 90th               |

**78** 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     |
| ---------------------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| toasted whole wheatscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread    | soft                                    | the frame  |
| bacon                                          | protein  | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+14**    |
| arugula                                        | bulk     | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender             | **−11**    |
| basil                                          | aromatic | fresh herbal soft                       | **+1**     |
| egg                                            | protein  | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy       | **+3**     |
| tomato                                         | texture  | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+12**    |
| cajun aioli                                    |          |                                         | 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.

## Pairings

- **Bacon + Egg**: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Basil + Tomato**: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil

[All the sandwiches at Homemade Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.thehomedecafe.com/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.