A sandwich at Adega Azul, a corner store in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +15.
Uncharted, four 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: mortadella (high tier); mozzarella cheese; arugula; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 62nd |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.2 | 38th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 76th |
74 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 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −2 |
| mozzarella cheesescored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | 0 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +7 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +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.
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