A sandwich at Souvenir Coffee Co., a cafe in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +30.
Uncharted, four of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
bagel, served cold: sweet onion & bacon jam; cream cheese; roasted jalapeños; tillamook cheddar (named producer).
Worth a look: named producer: Cheddar Cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.6 | 53rd |
| fat | 3.2 | 84th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.8 | 66th |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bagel | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| sweet onion & bacon jamscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −5 |
| cream cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | −3 |
| roasted jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +7 |
| tillamook cheddar (named producer)scored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | 0 |
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
- Bagel + Cream Cheese: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- Bacon + Jalapeño: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- Jalapeño + Cheddar Cheese: jalapeno cheddar: green heat in sharp fat
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