A wrap at D'Yar, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
A veggie panini with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
Pita (bread not stated on the menu), served cold: crisp eggplant; cucumber; tomato; feta cheese; onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 1.0 | 69th |
| fat | 1.1 | 15th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 1.3 | 43rd |
| heat | 0.1 | 54th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 73rd |
94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pita | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| crisp eggplantscored as Eggplant | bulk | umami 2 soft | 0 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +8 |
| feta cheesescored as Feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +18 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +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.
Pairings
- Cucumber + Feta: salty brined cheese, cool water crunch
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