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# Smoked Trout at Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo)
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-lavender-bread-and-cafe-san-pablo-smoked-trout/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:26:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-03T05:26:07.000Z
- Description: Creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spread on thick-cut country or pan loaf. Sandwich Score 42, rough. At Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo), Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo)](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-lavender-bread-and-cafe-san-pablo/), a bakery in Berkeley, California.

SalmonBread (generic)

**42**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +20.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

63

Harmony

38

Contrast

50

Structure

60

Focus

84

Composition

23

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.

**thick-cut country or pan loaf**, toasted: creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spread.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Smoked Trout.

## Balance

salt0.7 · 36thacid0.0fat2.0 · 44thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.7   | 36th               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 2.0   | 44th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**63** 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     |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------- | ---------- |
| thick-cut country or pan loaf                         | bread   | soft                            | the frame  |
| creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spreadscored as Salmon | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender | 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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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.