A sandwich at Montecristo Taqueria, a taqueria in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +19.
Reads as a torta sandwich, six of six roles, few layers have a 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 roll, toasted: carnitas; refried black or refried pinto bean spread; crema; lettuce; grilled onion; jalapeño; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 51st |
| acid | 1.0 | 70th |
| fat | 2.1 | 47th |
| sweet | 0.9 | 86th |
| umami | 1.4 | 45th |
| heat | 0.4 | 78th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 66th |
96 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 roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| carnitasscored as Pork | protein | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | +4 |
| refried black or refried pinto bean spreadscored as Refried Beans | bulk | salt 2 creamy soft | +5 |
| cremascored as Sour Cream | sauce | fat 4 acid 3 creamy smooth saucy | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| grilled onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | −3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
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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