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The Greek at Eunice Gourmet Cafe

Artichoke hearts, feta on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 39, rough. At Eunice Gourmet Cafe, Albany.

The Greek at Eunice Gourmet Cafe: an illustration of the sandwich.
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A sandwich at Eunice Gourmet Cafe, a cafe in Albany, California.

Bread (generic)FetaArtichokeBread (generic)
39
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +27.

Leans toward a veggie panini, 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
94
Harmony
30
Contrast
39
Structure
84
Focus
100
Composition
28
Quality
100
Envelope
99

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

More salt 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.

bread not stated, served cold: artichoke hearts; feta.

Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid1.5 · 89thfat1.4 · 23rdsweet0.0umami1.5 · 51stheat0.0bitter0.3 · 75th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt2.290th
acid1.589th
fat1.423rd
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.551st
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.375th

94 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
artichoke heartsscored as Artichokebulkacid 2 umami 2 soft tender brined0
fetaproteinsalt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft+6

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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