A wrap at Troy, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +19.
Leans toward a falafel pita, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More bitter than 90% of the catalog.
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.
pita (inferred from the name), served cold: homemade falafel (house-made); hummus; lettuce; tahini salad.
Worth a look: house-made: Falafel.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 45th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.1 | 31st |
| heat | 0.3 | 73rd |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pita (inferred from the name) | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| homemade falafel (house-made)scored as Falafel | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried | +15 |
| hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | 0 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| tahini saladscored as Tahini | sauce | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy | +3 |
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
- Falafel + Hummus: falafel on hummus, the pita standard
- Falafel + Tahini: tahini is falafel's stated sauce
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.18 short).
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