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# Sauteed Mushroom Reuben at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-sauteed-mushroom-reuben/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:46.000Z
- Description: Sauteed mushrooms on rye. Sandwich Score 83, excellent. At Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/), a deli in Berkeley, California.

Rye BreadRussian Dressing (T…SauerkrautSwiss CheeseRye Bread

**83**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Uncharted, four of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

91

Harmony

100

Contrast

100

Structure

97

Focus

96

Composition

76

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More acid 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: sauteed mushrooms; *swiss cheese*; *sauerkraut*; *russian dressing*.

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

salt1.7 · 79thacid1.7 · 90thfat1.9 · 41stsweet0.5 · 66thumami1.1 · 35thheat0.3 · 72ndbitter0.3 · 76th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 79th               |
| acid   | 1.7   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 41st               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 66th               |
| umami  | 1.1   | 35th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 72nd               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 76th               |

**91** 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  |
| sauteed mushrooms                                            |         |                                          | not scored |
| swiss cheese                                                 | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty          | **+16**    |
| sauerkraut                                                   | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet                | **+16**    |
| russian dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | **+11**    |

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

- **Swiss Cheese + Sauerkraut**: melted swiss rounds the kraut's sour
- **Sauerkraut + Russian Dressing (Thousand Island)**: russian dressing was built for kraut

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.04 short).

[All the sandwiches at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.saulsdeli.com/s/05-SANDWICH-gksw.pdf?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.