A sandwich at Helacio's Deli & Cafe, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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: spinach; roasted red pepper; avocado; tomato; pickle red onion; cucumber; vegan mayo (low tier); swiss cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 41st |
| acid | 1.1 | 75th |
| fat | 1.8 | 38th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 64th |
| umami | 1.0 | 29th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 46th |
88 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 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | +1 |
| roasted red pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +20 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| pickle red onionscored as Pickled Onion | acid | acid 4 pickled wet crunchy | +4 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| vegan mayo (low tier)scored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +19 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +19 |
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 + Pickled Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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