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# Brisket Bubbe at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-brisket-bubbe/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:10:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:10:19.000Z
- Description: Brisket, harissa, lettuce, herbs, pickled cabbage, sweet onion, au jus on acme sweet deli roll. Sandwich Score 46, rough. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

Kaiser RollAu JusOnionLettuceHarissaBeefKaiser Roll

**46**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +25.

A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

78

Harmony

56

Contrast

73

Structure

86

Focus

100

Composition

43

Quality

100

Envelope

90

−8 heat past the catalog

More heat 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.

**acme sweet deli roll**, served cold: brisket; harissa; lettuce; herbs; pickled cabbage; sweet onion; au jus.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen's typical score.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Harissa; ingredient not in the pantry: Herbs, Pickled Cabbage.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 69thacid0.3 · 37thfat1.2 · 18thsweet0.2 · 24thumami2.0 · 74thheat1.0 · 90thbitter0.2 · 57th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 69th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 37th               |
| fat    | 1.2   | 18th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 1.0   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 57th               |

**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     |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| acme sweet deli rollscored as Kaiser Roll | bread   | soft crusty                      | the frame  |
| brisketscored as Beef                     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | **+13**    |
| harissa                                   | sauce   | heat 4 salt 2 smooth             | **−12**    |
| lettuce                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh              | **+1**     |
| herbs                                     |         |                                  | not scored |
| pickled cabbage                           |         |                                  | not scored |
| sweet onionscored as Onion                | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh      | **+2**     |
| au jus                                    | sauce   | umami 4 salt 3 saucy wet         | **+2**     |

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

- **Beef + Onion**: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).

[All the sandwiches at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.saulsdeli.com/s/05-SANDWICH-gksw.pdf?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.