A sandwich at Helacio's Deli & Cafe, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More acid than 90% of the catalog.
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.
dutch crunch roll, served cold: Cheddar Cheese; Lettuce; Tomato; Onion; Pickle (cucumber); Mayonnaise; Mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 2.3 | 90th |
| fat | 1.7 | 34th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 1.2 | 35th |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.3 | 75th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dutch crunch roll | bread | soft crackly crusty | the frame |
| Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +25 |
| Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +25 |
| Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −3 |
| Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +5 |
| Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +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
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Mustard: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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