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# Lox at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-lox/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:17:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:17:44.000Z
- Description: Cream cheese, salmon, onion, cucumber, tomato, sprouts on Bagel. Sandwich Score 80, excellent. 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.

BagelSproutsTomatoCucumberOnionSalmonCream CheeseBagel

**80**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +9.

Reads as a fully realized lox bagel, five of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

78

Harmony

100

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

95

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

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 name)**, served cold: cream cheese; salmon; onion; cucumber; tomato; sprouts.

## Balance

salt0.6 · 27thacid0.6 · 51stfat1.8 · 34thsweet0.3 · 39thumami1.3 · 41stheat0.1 · 51stbitter0.2 · 57th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.6   | 27th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 51st               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 34th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 39th               |
| umami  | 1.3   | 41st               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 51st               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 57th               |

**78** 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 name) | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame |
| cream cheese                   | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **+24**   |
| salmon                         | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender         | **+10**   |
| onion                          | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **0**     |
| cucumber                       | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−7**    |
| tomato                         | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+13**   |
| sprouts                        | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−2**    |

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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- **Cream Cheese + Salmon**: lox logic: rich fish on a cool schmear
- **Cream Cheese + Cucumber**: tea sandwich core: cool on cool
- **Salmon + Onion**: raw onion bite keeps rich lox honest

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.02 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.