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The Woah at Eunice Gourmet Cafe

Turkey, brie, avo, pesto on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 45, rough. At Eunice Gourmet Cafe, Albany.

The Woah 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)PestoAvocadoBrieTurkeyBread (generic)
45
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +25.

Reads as a turkey sandwich, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better

Balance
41
Harmony
84
Contrast
40
Structure
88
Focus
79
Composition
53
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; brie; avo; pesto.

Balance

salt1.1 · 57thacid0.2 · 32ndfat3.1 · 82ndsweet0.0umami1.8 · 63rdheat0.0bitter0.2 · 65th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.157th
acid0.232nd
fat3.182nd
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.863rd
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.265th

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 tender+5
brieproteinfat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty−2
avoscored as Avocadofatfat 4 creamy soft fresh+6
pestosaucefat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy+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.

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