A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, three of six roles, half the layers have no 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: turkey; ham; cheese; avocado; 2 eggs.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 71st |
| acid | 0.2 | 30th |
| fat | 2.7 | 72nd |
| sweet | 0.2 | 26th |
| umami | 2.2 | 82nd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
73 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 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −5 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +2 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +4 |
| 2 eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | −1 |
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.
Pairings
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- Avocado + Egg: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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