A sandwich at Homemade Cafe, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More bitter 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.
toasted whole wheat, toasted: bacon; arugula; basil; egg; tomato; cajun aioli.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cajun Aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 48th |
| acid | 0.2 | 33rd |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted whole wheatscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +14 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | −11 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +1 |
| egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| cajun aioli | not scored |
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
- Bacon + Egg: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Basil + Tomato: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
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