A sandwich at Tacubaya, a torteria in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +11.
A torta sandwich with layers outside the form; six 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.
toasted bolillo, toasted: spit roasted pork; pinto beans; pineapple; grilled onions; aioli; cabbage; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.6 | 29th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.7 | 72nd |
| sweet | 0.5 | 63rd |
| umami | 1.4 | 44th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
66 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted bolilloscored as Telera Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| spit roasted porkscored as Pork | protein | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| pinto beansscored as Beans | bulk | soft creamy | +2 |
| pineapple | garnish | sweet 4 acid 3 juicy fresh raw | +5 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −4 |
| cabbage | bulk | crunchy fresh raw | −1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +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
- Pork + Pineapple: tropical acid-sweet against rich pork
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