A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +26.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
−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 bread, served cold: hummus; lettuce; tomato; cucumber; onion; salt & pepper.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.4 | 18th |
| acid | 0.4 | 43rd |
| fat | 0.9 | 12th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 52nd |
| umami | 0.7 | 21st |
| heat | 0.1 | 56th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 65th |
64 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 bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | +15 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +16 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −4 |
| salt & pepper | not scored |
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
- Hummus + Cucumber: cool crunch over nutty hummus
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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