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# The BEC at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-the-bec/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:22:04.000Z
- Description: Bacon, eggs, cheddar on buttered bagel. 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.

BagelCheddar CheeseEggBaconBagel

**67**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +16.

Reads as a fully realized breakfast sandwich, three of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

62

Harmony

92

Contrast

61

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

81

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**buttered bagel**, served cold: bacon; eggs; cheddar.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid0.3 · 35thfat3.1 · 83rdsweet0.0umami2.3 · 85thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 79th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 35th               |
| fat    | 3.1   | 83rd               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.3   | 85th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**72** 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    |
| ------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------- | --------- |
| buttered bagelscored as Bagel   | bread   | soft chewy                            | the frame |
| bacon                           | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy     | **+12**   |
| eggsscored as Egg               | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy     | **+20**   |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | **+14**   |

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 + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Egg + Cheddar Cheese**: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law

## How to raise it

- Judged as a breakfast: richness is not held against it.

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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.