A sandwich at Oceanview Diner, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, four of six roles, most 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.
white bread (inferred from the name), toasted: tuna; tomatoes; cheddar cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 73rd |
| acid | 0.7 | 57th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 2.5 | 89th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (inferred from the name) | bread | soft | the frame |
| tuna | protein | umami 3 fat 2 soft flaky tender | +14 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +31 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +7 |
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
- Tuna + Tomato: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
- Tomato + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
How to raise it
- Judged as a tuna salad: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.01 short).
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