A sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack, a sandwich shop in Alameda, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +18.
A club with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−8 heat past the catalog
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More heat 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.
choice of bread, served cold: signature tenders; chipotle mayo; flamethrower sauce; fresh jalapeños; red onion; lettuce; tomato.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Flamethrower Sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.6 | 30th |
| acid | 0.7 | 56th |
| fat | 1.8 | 36th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 43rd |
| umami | 1.4 | 46th |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 71st |
85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| signature tendersscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +22 |
| chipotle mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy | +16 |
| flamethrower sauce | not scored | ||
| fresh jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | −8 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +14 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +24 |
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
- Chicken + Chipotle Mayo: smoky heat on grilled chicken
- Chicken + Jalapeño: green heat wakes mild chicken
- Chipotle Mayo + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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