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# Turkey A at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-turkey-a/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:18:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:18:03.000Z
- Description: Turkey, avocado, tomato, lettuce, swiss cheese, mustard on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 77, 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.

White BreadMustardSwiss CheeseLettuceTomatoAvocadoTurkeyWhite Bread

**77**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +12.

Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

96

Harmony

82

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

79

Composition

87

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−4 pressed the fresh layers flat

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.

**white bread (inferred from the kind of place)**, pressed: turkey; avocado; tomato; lettuce; swiss cheese; mustard.

## Balance

salt1.0 · 54thacid0.7 · 59thfat1.6 · 29thsweet0.1 · 21stumami1.6 · 53rdheat0.4 · 78thbitter0.2 · 69th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.0   | 54th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 59th               |
| fat    | 1.6   | 29th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 21st               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 53rd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 78th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 69th               |

**96** 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    |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| white bread (inferred from the kind of place) | bread   | soft                                    | the frame |
| turkey                                        | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **+19**   |
| avocado                                       | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **+2**    |
| tomato                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+1**    |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+8**    |
| swiss cheese                                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+3**    |
| 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

- **Turkey + Avocado**: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- **Turkey + Tomato**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Turkey + Swiss Cheese**: turkey and swiss, the deli default

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).

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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.