A sandwich at Picnic, a deli in Albany, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More bitter 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.
acme ciabatta roll, served cold: braised italian beef; balsamic red onion; sun dried tomato jam; fontina; arugula; dijonnaise.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 64th |
| acid | 0.9 | 64th |
| fat | 1.7 | 34th |
| sweet | 0.7 | 78th |
| umami | 2.0 | 75th |
| heat | 0.4 | 78th |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| acme ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| braised italian beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +9 |
| balsamic red onionscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +2 |
| sun dried tomato jamscored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | −5 |
| fontina | protein | fat 4 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty gooey | −4 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +9 |
| dijonnaisescored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +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.
Pairings
- Beef + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Beef + Arugula: tagliata logic: pepper leaf on seared beef
- Beef + Mustard: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
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