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Salami Egg Bagel at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen

Salami, egg over medium, sautéed greens, zhoug on bagel. Sandwich Score 42, rough. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.

A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.

BagelEggSalamiBagel
42
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +21.

Uncharted, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
67
Harmony
29
Contrast
48
Structure
84
Focus
100
Composition
23
Quality
100
Envelope
100

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: salami; egg over medium; sautéed greens; zhoug.

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: Sautéed Greens, Zhoug.

Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid0.0fat2.8 · 74thsweet0.0umami2.4 · 87thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.676th
acid0.0n/a
fat2.874th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.487th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

68 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
bagelbreadsoft chewythe frame
salamiproteinsalt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky+2
egg over mediumscored as Eggproteinfat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy+2
sautéed greensnot scored
zhougnot scored

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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