A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +25.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
pita, served cold: spicy sesame tofu-skin noodles; pickle; vegetables; lettuce; fries (low tier); tahina; zhoug; harissa.
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: Yuba (tofu skin), Mixed Vegetables, Zhoug.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 68th |
| acid | 1.4 | 85th |
| fat | 1.1 | 15th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 31st |
| umami | 0.4 | 10th |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pita | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| spicy sesame tofu-skin noodles | not scored | ||
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +12 |
| vegetables | not scored | ||
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| fries (low tier)scored as Potato | bulk | soft | +2 |
| tahinascored as Tahini | sauce | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy | +15 |
| zhoug | not scored | ||
| harissa | sauce | heat 4 salt 2 smooth | −7 |
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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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