A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized roast beef, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: complete structure
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 roll, toasted: brisket; mustard; horseradish; lettuce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 54th |
| acid | 1.3 | 80th |
| fat | 1.1 | 15th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.1 | 32nd |
| heat | 1.5 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
91 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 rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| brisketscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +43 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +5 |
| horseradish | sauce | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy | +4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +25 |
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 + Mustard: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- Beef + Horseradish: hot horseradish cuts rich roast beef
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: complete structure (0.00 short).
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