A sandwich at Ashby Eatery, a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Reads as a turkey sandwich, six 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.
rustic baguette, served cold: smoked turkey; smoked provolone; roasted bell peppers; sun-dried tomato tapenade; cucumbers; red onions; chipotle mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 51st |
| acid | 0.5 | 49th |
| fat | 1.7 | 32nd |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| rustic baguettescored as Baguette | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| smoked turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −14 |
| smoked provolonescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −1 |
| roasted bell peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +1 |
| sun-dried tomato tapenadescored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +10 |
| cucumbersscored as Cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| chipotle mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy | +8 |
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
- Turkey + Sun-Dried Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Chipotle Mayo: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Roasted Red Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Sun-Dried Tomato + Chipotle Mayo: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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