A sandwich at Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo), a bakery in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +22.
Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
Less fat than almost everything in 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.
epi 'bagel', served cold: roasted turkey (fra'mani); fromage blanc; tomato; greens.
Worth a look: named producer: Roast Turkey; ingredient not in the pantry: Fromage Blanc.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 41st |
| acid | 0.5 | 48th |
| fat | 0.6 | 7th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 43rd |
| umami | 1.6 | 56th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| epi 'bagel'scored as Baguette | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| roasted turkey (fra'mani)scored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +11 |
| fromage blanc | not scored | ||
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
| greens | 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
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
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