A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +11.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese), served cold: 2 eggs; basil pesto; swiss cheese; cucumber; peperoncini.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 59th |
| acid | 0.8 | 62nd |
| fat | 1.9 | 40th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.4 | 44th |
| heat | 0.2 | 67th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese)scored as Bagel | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| 2 eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | 0 |
| basil pestoscored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | 0 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| peperonciniscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | +7 |
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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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