A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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), toasted: turkey; ham; melted cheese (cheddar, swiss or pepper jack); tomato slices; onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 89th |
| acid | 0.5 | 50th |
| fat | 2.0 | 42nd |
| sweet | 0.5 | 67th |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
89 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 | 0 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +2 |
| melted cheese (cheddar, swiss or pepper jack)scored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +3 |
| tomato slicesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +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.
Pairings
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
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