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# Chorizo at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-chorizo/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:17:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:17:33.000Z
- Description: Chorizo, eggs, grilled jalapeños on Bagel. Sandwich Score 40, rough. At Bay Area Bagels, Burlingame.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Bay Area Bagels](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels/), a bakery in Burlingame, California.

BagelJalapeñoEggChorizoBagel

**40**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +11.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

70

Harmony

77

Contrast

70

Structure

86

Focus

100

Composition

34

Quality

100

Envelope

87

−8 heat past the catalog

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

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.

**Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich)**, served cold: chorizo; eggs; grilled jalapeños.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 56thacid0.1 · 26thfat2.1 · 50thsweet0.0umami1.8 · 64thheat1.1 · 90thbitter0.1 · 50th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 56th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 26th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 50th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.8   | 64th               |
| heat   | 1.1   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 50th               |

**70** 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    |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame |
| chorizo                                    | protein | salt 3 fat 3 umami 3 heat 2 chewy juicy | **−7**    |
| eggsscored as Egg                          | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy       | **+6**    |
| grilled jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño        | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                | **0**     |

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

- **Chorizo + Egg**: the breakfast torta

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).

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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.