A sandwich at Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo), a bakery in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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.
bread not stated, toasted: ricotta; orange zest; honey; pistachio.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 21st |
| acid | 0.1 | 26th |
| fat | 1.5 | 26th |
| sweet | 2.2 | 90th |
| umami | 0.5 | 11th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ricotta | protein | fat 3 creamy soft | +12 |
| orange zestscored as Orange | garnish | acid 3 sweet 3 juicy fresh | +7 |
| honey | sauce | sweet 5 silky saucy | +6 |
| pistachio | texture | fat 4 crunchy | +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
- Ricotta + Honey: honey over milky ricotta, a quiet classic
How to raise it
- Reads as a sweet build on purpose; scored as one.
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