A burger at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More acid 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.
classic burger bun, toasted: house-made 7oz burger patty; lettuce; tomato; pickle; red onion; choice of cheese; house dressing.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Perry's Delicatessen's typical score.
Worth a look: house-made: Beef Patty (burger).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.7 | 33rd |
| sweet | 0.7 | 81st |
| umami | 1.6 | 57th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 54th |
97 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| classic burger bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| house-made 7oz burger pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +19 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +17 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +6 |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +5 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| choice of cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +2 |
| house dressing | not scored |
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 + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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