A sandwich at Eunice Gourmet Cafe, a cafe in Albany, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +17.
A tuna salad sandwich with layers outside the form; four of six roles, few layers have a 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: white tuna; swiss; sun-dried tomatoes; italian dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 74th |
| acid | 1.2 | 78th |
| fat | 2.4 | 60th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 32nd |
| umami | 1.9 | 70th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white tunascored as Tuna | protein | umami 3 fat 2 soft flaky tender | +7 |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| sun-dried tomatoesscored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +7 |
| italian dressingscored as Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) | sauce | acid 4 fat 4 salt 2 saucy wet | −2 |
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
- Tuna + Sun-Dried Tomato: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
- Sun-Dried Tomato + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): vinaigrette on tomato, salad logic
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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