A sandwich at Barneys Gourmet Hamburgers (Solano), a sandwich shop in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +11.
A veggie panini with layers outside the form; 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.
whole wheat toast, toasted: grilled red bell pepper; zucchini; garlic basil pesto; tomato; cucumber; avocado; swiss cheese; sprouts.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 44th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.0 | 45th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 44th |
| umami | 1.4 | 46th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 79th |
76 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 toastscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| grilled red bell pepperscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +8 |
| zucchini | not scored | ||
| garlic basil pestoscored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +9 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −10 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +2 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +11 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −9 |
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
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
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