A sandwich at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
whole wheat bun, served cold: portobello mushroom; spinach; grilled red bell pepper; garlic basil pesto; tomato; swiss; butter lettuce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 57th |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 1.5 | 25th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 71st |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 83rd |
81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole wheat bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| portobello mushroomscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | −5 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | −1 |
| grilled red bell pepperscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | 0 |
| garlic basil pestoscored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +18 |
| butter lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
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
- Mushroom + Swiss Cheese: melted alpine over browned mushroom
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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