A sandwich at Montecristo Taqueria, a taqueria in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +19.
Reads as a torta sandwich, four 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: grilled chicken; chipotle aioli; grilled onion; avocado; swiss cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 51st |
| acid | 0.1 | 24th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 38th |
| umami | 1.9 | 69th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
70 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 |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +8 |
| chipotle aioli | not scored | ||
| grilled onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +2 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +2 |
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 + Avocado: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
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