A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
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
−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
| 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).
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