A burger at Waterfront Deli - Alameda, a deli in Alameda, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +13.
A veggie panini with layers outside the form; six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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, toasted: housemade garden burger; marinated eggplant; roasted bell pepper; melted swiss; mayonnaise; dijon mustard; tomato; red onion; lettuce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 57th |
| acid | 1.0 | 69th |
| fat | 1.6 | 28th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 47th |
| umami | 1.7 | 60th |
| heat | 0.3 | 76th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 79th |
100 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 |
| housemade garden burgerscored as Mock Meat | protein | umami 3 salt 2 fat 2 chewy springy tender | −13 |
| marinated eggplantscored as Eggplant | bulk | umami 2 soft | −2 |
| roasted bell pepperscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +2 |
| melted swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +5 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +8 |
| dijon mustardscored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +4 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
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
- Roasted Red Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.21 short).
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