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Con Queso Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe

Two eggs, cheese on choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese). Sandwich Score 40, rough. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.

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

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

BagelCheese (generic)EggBagel
40
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +12.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
74
Harmony
42
Contrast
15
Structure
84
Focus
100
Composition
21
Quality
100
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.

choice of bagel (plain, everything or cheese), served cold: two eggs; cheese.

Balance

salt1.2 · 61stacid0.4 · 42ndfat2.8 · 74thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.261st
acid0.442nd
fat2.874th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.074th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

76 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
two eggsscored as Eggproteinfat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy+1
cheesescored as Cheese (generic)proteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey+3

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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