A sandwich at The Sandwich Spot Menlo College, a sandwich shop in Atherton, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +8.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More acid 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.
choice of bread, served cold: veggies; avocado; cucumber; black olives; cream cheese; artichoke hearts; roasted red peppers; chutney or pesto sauce; mayo; mustard; secret sauce; lettuce; tomato; pickles; onions; peppers.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Mixed Vegetables, Secret Sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 55th |
| acid | 1.8 | 90th |
| fat | 1.4 | 21st |
| sweet | 0.8 | 83rd |
| umami | 0.8 | 24th |
| heat | 0.4 | 82nd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| veggies | not scored | ||
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +1 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| black olives | not scored | ||
| cream cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | +6 |
| artichoke heartsscored as Artichoke | bulk | acid 2 umami 2 soft tender brined | −3 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | −1 |
| chutney or pesto saucescored as Chutney | sauce | sweet 4 acid 3 soft saucy | −2 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −1 |
| secret sauce | not scored | ||
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +4 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | 0 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| peppersscored as Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | +1 |
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
- Cucumber + Cream Cheese: tea sandwich core: cool on cool
- Roasted Red Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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