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Salmon Burger at Perry's Delicatessen

House prepared wild caught salmon patty, grilled fennel, pea sprouts, citrus aioli on grilled brickmaiden pullman. Sandwich Score 46, rough. At Perry's Delicatessen, Inverness.

A burger at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.

White BreadSproutsSalmonWhite Bread
46
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +19.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
60
Harmony
42
Contrast
73
Structure
74
Focus
100
Composition
36
Quality
78
Envelope
100

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.

grilled brickmaiden pullman, toasted: house prepared wild caught salmon patty; grilled fennel; pea sprouts; citrus aioli.

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: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Fennel; ingredient not in the pantry: Citrus Aioli.

Balance

salt0.6 · 26thacid0.0fat1.7 · 31stsweet0.0umami1.7 · 59thheat0.0bitter0.2 · 59th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt0.626th
acid0.0n/a
fat1.731st
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.759th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.259th

60 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
grilled brickmaiden pullman (low tier)scored as White Breadbreadsoftthe frame
house prepared wild caught salmon pattyscored as Salmonproteinfat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender+20
grilled fennelnot scored
pea sproutsscored as Sproutstexturecrunchy juicy fresh+5
citrus aiolinot 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.

How to raise it

Commodity bread (white bread): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.

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