A sandwich at Helacio's Deli & Cafe, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
bread not stated, served cold: Spinach; Egg; Pepper (bell/hot); Onion; Tomato; Swiss Cheese; Butter.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 35th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.3 | 39th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.2 | 70th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 69th |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | −1 |
| Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +15 |
| Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | +2 |
| Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +13 |
| Butter | fat | fat 5 creamy silky | +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
- Spinach + Egg: florentine logic: spinach folded into egg
- Egg + Pepper (bell/hot): pepper and egg, the chicago sandwich
- Pepper (bell/hot) + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.04 short).
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