A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, three of six roles on the board.
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.
bagel, toasted: mushroom; scrambled egg; greens; cheddar; chili crisp (high tier).
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Chili Crisp; ingredient not in the pantry: Greens.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 67th |
| acid | 0.7 | 58th |
| fat | 1.8 | 34th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bagel | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +1 |
| scrambled eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +22 |
| greens | not scored | ||
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +23 |
| chili crisp (high tier)scored as Sriracha | sauce | heat 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | −4 |
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
- Mushroom + Cheddar Cheese: browned mushroom under sharp cheddar
- Egg + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.
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