A sandwich at Souvenir Coffee Co., a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +15.
A monte cristo with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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 kind of place), served cold: hobb's roasted turkey; swiss cheese; sun-dried tomato tapenade; arugula; meyer lemon vinaigrette.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Souvenir Coffee Co.'s typical score.
Worth a look: named producer: Roast Turkey; ingredient not in the pantry: Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 52nd |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 1.3 | 19th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.6 | 56th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 84th |
69 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 kind of place) | bread | soft | the frame |
| hobb's roasted turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −3 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +5 |
| sun-dried tomato tapenade | not scored | ||
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +2 |
| meyer lemon vinaigrette | not scored |
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
- Turkey + Swiss Cheese: turkey and swiss, the deli default
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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