A sandwich at Lavender Bread & Cafe (San Pablo), a bakery in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
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.
thick-cut country or pan loaf, toasted: creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spread.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Smoked Trout.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 36th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.0 | 44th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.0 | 74th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| thick-cut country or pan loaf | bread | soft | the frame |
| creamy hot-smoked trout & herb spreadscored as Salmon | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender | 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.
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