A sandwich at Mercado 925, a taqueria in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +29.
Uncharted, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
telera (inferred from the kind of place), toasted: crispy chicken; mexican slaw; chipotle crema; avocado; grilled onions; swiss cheese.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Chipotle Crema.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 46th |
| acid | 0.3 | 38th |
| fat | 2.3 | 57th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 1.7 | 59th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| telera (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft | the frame |
| crispy chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| mexican slawscored as Coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +4 |
| chipotle crema | not scored | ||
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +3 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | 0 |
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
- Chicken + Coleslaw: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
- Chicken + Avocado: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
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