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Falafel at Divan

Falafel, iceberg lettuce, pickled red cabbage, vegan eggplant mayo on lavash. Sandwich Score 46, rough. At Divan, Berkeley.

A wrap at Divan, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

PitaLettuceFalafelPita
46
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +28.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
65
Harmony
42
Contrast
73
Structure
74
Focus
100
Composition
34
Quality
75
Envelope
100

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: falafel; iceberg lettuce (low tier); pickled red cabbage; vegan eggplant mayo.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Pickled Red Cabbage, Vegan Eggplant Mayo.

Balance

salt1.1 · 58thacid0.0fat1.7 · 31stsweet0.0umami1.1 · 33rdheat0.6 · 88thbitter0.2 · 59th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.158th
acid0.0n/a
fat1.731st
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.133rd
heat0.688th
bitter0.259th

65 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
lavashscored as Pitabreadsoft chewythe frame
falafelproteinfat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried+19
iceberg lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettucetexturecrunchy juicy fresh+3
pickled red cabbagenot scored
vegan eggplant mayonot 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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