A sandwich at El Tiny Cafe, a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +13.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−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: basil pesto; roasted red bell peppers; crisp lettuce; cheddar cheese; red onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 66th |
| acid | 0.5 | 50th |
| fat | 2.1 | 48th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 63rd |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.4 | 86th |
82 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 |
| basil pestoscored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +13 |
| roasted red bell peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +17 |
| crisp lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +20 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
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
- Roasted Red Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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