A sandwich at Waterfront Deli - Alameda, a deli in Alameda, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +13.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a 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: melted cheddar; fresh shrimp; imitation crab; diced tomatoes; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.4 | 41st |
| fat | 2.1 | 47th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 67th |
| umami | 2.1 | 78th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
84 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 |
| melted cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +2 |
| fresh shrimpscored as Shrimp | protein | umami 2 springy juicy tender | −2 |
| imitation crabscored as Crab | protein | umami 3 salt 2 juicy tender | 0 |
| diced tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +8 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +1 |
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 + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
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