A wrap at Divan, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
Leans toward a club, four 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.
lavash, served cold: grilled chicken thighs; iceberg lettuce (low tier); tomato; muhammara.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Muhammara.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.6 | 30th |
| acid | 0.4 | 43rd |
| fat | 1.0 | 13th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 37th |
| umami | 1.9 | 67th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 56th |
83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lavashscored as Pita | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| grilled chicken thighsscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +12 |
| iceberg lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
| muhammara | not scored |
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.
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