A burger at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +23.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More bitter 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.
light rye bread, toasted: patty; chopped onions; 1000 island dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 55th |
| acid | 0.8 | 61st |
| fat | 2.4 | 61st |
| sweet | 0.9 | 87th |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.4 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| light rye breadscored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +10 |
| chopped onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| 1000 island dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | +11 |
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
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
All the sandwiches at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe · The menu this was read from · Build your own in the Sandwich Builder