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The John at Eunice Gourmet Cafe

Turkey, cheese, pesto on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 38, rough. At Eunice Gourmet Cafe, Albany.

The John at Eunice Gourmet Cafe: an illustration of the sandwich.
Illustration, AI-generated

A sandwich at Eunice Gourmet Cafe, a cafe in Albany, California.

Bread (generic)PestoCheese (generic)TurkeyBread (generic)
38
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +16.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
57
Harmony
63
Contrast
25
Structure
84
Focus
79
Composition
26
Quality
100
Envelope
100

−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: turkey; cheese; pesto.

Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid0.3 · 36thfat2.5 · 65thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.3 · 72nd
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.779th
acid0.336th
fat2.565th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.074th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.372nd

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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
turkeyproteinumami 2 soft juicy tender0
cheesescored as Cheese (generic)proteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey0
pestosaucefat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy+3

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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