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# Veggie at Bay Area Bagels
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-bay-area-bagels-veggie/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:18:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:18:12.000Z
- Description: Cream cheese, cucumber, tomato, onion, sprouts on Bagel. Sandwich Score 70, very good. 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.

BagelSproutsOnionTomatoCucumberCream CheeseBagel

**70**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +19.

Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

72

Harmony

97

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

73

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 kind of sandwich)**, served cold: cream cheese; cucumber; tomato; onion; sprouts.

## Balance

salt0.4 · 19thacid0.7 · 59thfat1.3 · 20thsweet0.4 · 50thumami0.7 · 21stheat0.1 · 55thbitter0.2 · 64th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.4   | 19th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 59th               |
| fat    | 1.3   | 20th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 50th               |
| umami  | 0.7   | 21st               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 55th               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 64th               |

**72** 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 |
| cream cheese                               | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **+30**   |
| cucumber                                   | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+7**    |
| tomato                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+11**   |
| onion                                      | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−6**    |
| sprouts                                    | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−1**    |

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 + Cucumber**: tea sandwich core: cool on cool

## How to raise it

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