A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +12.
Reads as a fully realized katsu sando, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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: chicken schnitzel; coleslaw; amba; zhoug; mayo.
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: ingredient not in the pantry: Amba, Zhoug.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 60th |
| acid | 1.0 | 70th |
| fat | 3.2 | 85th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.6 | 57th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
90 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 |
| chicken schnitzelscored as Katsu (cutlet) | protein | fat 4 umami 4 salt 2 crispy crunchy fried | +23 |
| coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +25 |
| amba | not scored | ||
| zhoug | not scored | ||
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +21 |
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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