A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +37.
Uncharted, four 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.
bread not stated, served cold: homemade chicken salad mixed with mayonnaise (house-made); crisp lettuce; fresh cucumber.
Worth a look: house-made: Chicken Salad.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 46th |
| acid | 0.4 | 43rd |
| fat | 1.3 | 18th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.3 | 39th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 53rd |
71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| homemade chicken salad mixed with mayonnaise (house-made)scored as Chicken Salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | +18 |
| crisp lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| fresh cucumberscored as Cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −4 |
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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