A wrap at D'Yar, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +13.
A falafel pita with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More bitter than 90% of the catalog.
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: falafel; cucumber; tomato; seasoned onions; tahini sauce; eggplant; potatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 22nd |
| acid | 0.3 | 34th |
| fat | 1.5 | 26th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 32nd |
| umami | 1.1 | 33rd |
| heat | 0.3 | 72nd |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
69 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 |
| falafel | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried | +14 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +11 |
| seasoned onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| tahini saucescored as Tahini | sauce | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy | +18 |
| eggplant | bulk | umami 2 soft | −2 |
| potatoesscored as Potato | bulk | soft | −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
- Falafel + Tahini: tahini is falafel's stated sauce
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.11 short).
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