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# Smoked Salmon w/Cream Cheese at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-copenhagen-bakery-and-cafe-smoked-salmon-w-cream-cheese/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:19:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:19:20.000Z
- Description: Smoked salmon, cream cheese on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. At Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, Burlingame.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-copenhagen-bakery-and-cafe/), a bakery in Burlingame, California.

BagelTomatoOnionCaperCream CheeseSalmonBagel

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a fully realized lox bagel, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

96

Harmony

100

Contrast

88

Structure

100

Focus

100

Composition

91

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 (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one)**, served cold: smoked salmon; cream cheese; *capers*; *red onion*; *tomato*.

In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe's typical score.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 73rdacid1.5 · 89thfat1.7 · 33rdsweet0.3 · 38thumami1.5 · 51stheat0.1 · 50thbitter0.3 · 78th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 73rd               |
| acid   | 1.5   | 89th               |
| fat    | 1.7   | 33rd               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 38th               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 51st               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 50th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 78th               |

**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    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| bagel (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame |
| smoked salmonscored as Salmon                                 | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender         | **+28**   |
| cream cheese                                                  | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **+22**   |
| capersscored as Caper                                         | acid    | salt 4 acid 4 brined pickled wet        | **−1**    |
| red onionscored as Onion                                      | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+12**   |
| tomato                                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- **Salmon + Cream Cheese**: lox logic: rich fish on a cool schmear
- **Salmon + Caper**: briny pop against rich cured fish
- **Salmon + Onion**: raw onion bite keeps rich lox honest

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

[All the sandwiches at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/burlingame-copenhagen-bakery-and-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://copenhagenbakery.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Breakfast-and-Lunch-Menu-Jan2026-1.pdf?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

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.