A sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack, a sandwich shop in Alameda, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
−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.
choice of bread, served cold: impossible burger patty (named producer); cheddar cheese; mayo; red onion; lettuce; tomato.
Worth a look: named producer: Plant-Based Patty.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 64th |
| acid | 1.2 | 78th |
| fat | 2.6 | 66th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 54th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| impossible burger patty (named producer) | not scored | ||
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +15 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +32 |
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
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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