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Basil Pesto Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe

2 eggs, basil pesto, swiss cheese, cucumber, peperoncini on choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese). Sandwich Score 55, solid. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.

Basil Pesto Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe: an illustration of the sandwich.
Illustration, AI-generated

A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.

BagelPepperonciniCucumberSwiss CheesePestoEggBagel
55
Sandwich Score
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

Balance
95
Harmony
69
Contrast
100
Structure
100
Focus
100
Composition
40
Quality
100
Envelope
100

−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

salt1.2 · 59thacid0.8 · 62ndfat1.9 · 40thsweet0.0umami1.4 · 44thheat0.2 · 67thbitter0.2 · 61st
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.259th
acid0.862nd
fat1.940th
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.444th
heat0.267th
bitter0.261st

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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese)scored as Bagelbreadsoft chewythe frame
2 eggsscored as Eggproteinfat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy0
basil pestoscored as Pestosaucefat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy+1
swiss cheeseproteinfat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty0
cucumberbulkcrunchy juicy fresh0
peperonciniscored as Pepperonciniacidacid 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.

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