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# Turkey Reuben at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-saul-s-restaurant-and-delicatessen-turkey-reuben/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:11:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:11:59.000Z
- Description: Turkey on rye. Sandwich Score 81, 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 CheeseTurkeyRye Bread

**81**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +8.

Uncharted, four of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

95

Harmony

100

Contrast

98

Structure

100

Focus

79

Composition

76

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.

**rye**, toasted: turkey; *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

salt1.5 · 74thacid1.3 · 82ndfat1.7 · 33rdsweet0.4 · 51stumami1.3 · 43rdheat0.2 · 67thbitter0.2 · 68th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 74th               |
| acid   | 1.3   | 82nd               |
| fat    | 1.7   | 33rd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 51st               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 43rd               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 67th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 68th               |

**95** 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 |
| turkey                                                       | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender                | **−2**    |
| swiss cheese                                                 | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty          | **+17**   |
| sauerkraut                                                   | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet                | **+14**   |
| 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

- **Turkey + Swiss Cheese**: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- **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.