A wrap at Lumpy's Diner, a restaurant in Antioch, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a chicken bacon melt, six of six roles on the board.
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.
large flour tortilla, served cold: grilled chicken; spicy ranch dressing (low tier); cheddar cheese; lettuce; tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 73rd |
| acid | 0.7 | 58th |
| fat | 2.4 | 60th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 23rd |
| umami | 2.0 | 70th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| large flour tortillascored as Tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | −1 |
| spicy ranch dressing (low tier)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | +16 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +2 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +19 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +21 |
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
- Chicken + Ranch Dressing: chicken bacon ranch, the american fold
- Ranch Dressing + Cheddar Cheese: ranch and cheddar, the loaded-potato pair
- Ranch Dressing + Lettuce: ranch on the greens, salad logic
- Ranch Dressing + Tomato: ranch on tomato, salad logic
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
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