A sandwich at Helacio's Deli & Cafe, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
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.
ciabatta roll, toasted: butter; ham; sausage; fresh cheese; mayo; refried beans; lettuce; tomatoes; red onions; jalapenos.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 84th |
| acid | 0.6 | 53rd |
| fat | 2.8 | 74th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 40th |
| umami | 1.8 | 63rd |
| heat | 0.2 | 68th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 53rd |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| butter | fat | fat 5 creamy silky | +2 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −1 |
| sausage | protein | fat 5 salt 4 umami 4 juicy springy tender | −14 |
| fresh cheesescored as Queso Fresco | protein | salt 2 fat 2 creamy soft | −7 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +2 |
| refried beans | bulk | salt 2 creamy soft | −5 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| jalapenosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | −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
- Ciabatta + Butter: butter into ciabatta's open crumb
- Butter + Ham: jambon-beurre: sweet butter on salty ham
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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