A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
More bitter 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.
rye, toasted: corned beef simmered in pickling spices, steamed; lettuce; tomato; mayonnaise; mustard.
In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.
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.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 89th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ryescored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| corned beef simmered in pickling spices, steamedscored as Corned Beef | protein | salt 5 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +12 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | 0 |
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
- Rye Bread + Corned Beef: corned beef rides rye's caraway bite
- Corned Beef + Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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