A sandwich at Eunice Gourmet Cafe, a cafe in Albany, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +33.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−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.
bread not stated, served cold: grilled chicken; salami; avo; pepper jack; pesto; jalapeños.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 74th |
| acid | 0.1 | 23rd |
| fat | 2.9 | 77th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.1 | 78th |
| heat | 0.2 | 68th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 65th |
73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | −6 |
| avoscored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +2 |
| pepper jackscored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −3 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +3 |
| jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +9 |
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 + Avocado: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
- Chicken + Pesto: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine
- Chicken + Jalapeño: green heat wakes mild chicken
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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