A sandwich at Ashby Eatery, a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
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.
seeded sourdough bread, toasted: smoked tempeh bacon; lettuce; tomato; avocado; green goddess veganaise.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 45th |
| acid | 0.8 | 62nd |
| fat | 2.6 | 68th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 1.5 | 48th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| seeded sourdough breadscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| smoked tempeh baconscored as Mock Meat | protein | umami 3 salt 2 fat 2 chewy springy tender | −4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +11 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −11 |
| green goddess veganaisescored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 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
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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