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# #4 Hot Pastrami at Roadees Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe-4-hot-pastrami/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:16:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:16:20.000Z
- Description: Hot pastrami, sauerkraut, pickles, swiss cheese, garlic sauce, mayo, mustard on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 71, very good. At Roadees Cafe, Brentwood.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Roadees Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe/), a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.

Hoagie RollMustardMayonnaiseGarlic SauceSwiss CheesePickle (cucumber)SauerkrautPastramiHoagie Roll

**71**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +18.

A pastrami on rye with layers outside the form; five of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

95

Harmony

93

Contrast

100

Structure

100

Focus

73

Composition

72

Quality

100

Envelope

93

−6 sauce overload

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.

**hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place)**, toasted: hot pastrami; sauerkraut; pickles; swiss cheese; garlic sauce; mayo; mustard.

## Balance

salt2.3 · 90thacid2.1 · 90thfat2.0 · 42ndsweet0.1 · 22ndumami1.3 · 43rdheat0.5 · 86thbitter0.1 · 53rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.3   | 90th               |
| acid   | 2.1   | 90th               |
| fat    | 2.0   | 42nd               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 22nd               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 43rd               |
| heat   | 0.5   | 86th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 53rd               |

**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    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft crusty                            | the frame |
| hot pastramiscored as Pastrami                | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+15**   |
| sauerkraut                                    | acid    | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet              | **+12**   |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)            | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled    | **+4**    |
| swiss cheese                                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+11**   |
| garlic sauce                                  | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy              | **−16**   |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                      | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **−18**   |
| mustard                                       | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth      | **+5**    |

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

- **Pastrami + Sauerkraut**: peppery beef, sour kraut: the reuben axis
- **Pastrami + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- **Pastrami + Mustard**: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- **Sauerkraut + Swiss Cheese**: melted swiss rounds the kraut's sour

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: sauce overload (-6).
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.08 short).

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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.