A sandwich at Adega Azul, a corner store in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
french roll, served cold: portuguese sausage; salsa; arugula; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 1.2 | 76th |
| fat | 2.4 | 61st |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 1.5 | 49th |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 77th |
95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| portuguese sausagescored as Sausage | protein | fat 5 salt 4 umami 4 juicy springy tender | +6 |
| salsa | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 juicy saucy | +9 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +5 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
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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