A sandwich at Saul's Restaurant & Delicatessen, a deli in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +15.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: roast beef; lettuce; tomato; onion; russian dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 51st |
| acid | 0.9 | 66th |
| fat | 2.0 | 44th |
| sweet | 0.9 | 88th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.4 | 78th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +13 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +15 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| russian dressingscored as Russian Dressing (Thousand Island) | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 acid 2 sweet 2 creamy saucy | −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
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.14 short).
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