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Tuna Salad at Waterfront Deli - Alameda

Tuna salad on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 38, rough. At Waterfront Deli - Alameda, Alameda.

Tuna Salad at Waterfront Deli - Alameda: an illustration of the sandwich.
Illustration, AI-generated

A sandwich at Waterfront Deli - Alameda, a deli in Alameda, California.

Bread (generic)Tuna SaladBread (generic)
38
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +33.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
84
Harmony
26
Contrast
13
Structure
60
Focus
84
Composition
21
Quality
100
Envelope
99

More umami 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: tuna salad.

Balance

salt1.3 · 66thacid0.7 · 56thfat2.0 · 44thsweet0.0umami2.7 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.366th
acid0.756th
fat2.044th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.790th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
choice of breadbreadsoftthe frame
tuna saladproteinumami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy softnot 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.

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