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# The Bun at La Gastronomia di Porchetta
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-la-gastronomia-di-porchetta-the-bun/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:17:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:17:16.000Z
- Description: Cambozola cheese, arugula, caramelized onions, fried eggs, crispy bacon on brioche bun. Sandwich Score 54, solid. At La Gastronomia di Porchetta, Fairfax.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [La Gastronomia di Porchetta](https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-la-gastronomia-di-porchetta/), a restaurant in Fairfax, California.

BriocheBaconEggCaramelized OnionArugulaBrioche

**54**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +12.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

72

Harmony

76

Contrast

75

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

34

Quality

100

Envelope

99

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.

**brioche bun**, served cold: cambozola cheese; arugula; caramelized onions; fried eggs; crispy bacon.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cambozola.

## Balance

salt1.0 · 52ndacid0.2 · 29thfat2.5 · 63rdsweet0.8 · 83rdumami1.8 · 66thheat0.0bitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.0   | 52nd               |
| acid   | 0.2   | 29th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 63rd               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 83rd               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 66th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**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     |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------- | ---------- |
| brioche bunscored as Brioche                  | bread   | fat 2 soft                        | the frame  |
| cambozola cheese                              |         |                                   | not scored |
| arugula                                       | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender       | **+3**     |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk    | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky  | **−1**     |
| fried eggsscored as Egg                       | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | **+4**     |
| crispy baconscored as Bacon                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | **+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

- **Egg + Bacon**: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk

[All the sandwiches at La Gastronomia di Porchetta](https://onesandwich.com/fairfax-la-gastronomia-di-porchetta/) · [The menu this was read from](https://lagastronomiadiporchetta.com/menus?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.