A wrap at Troy, a restaurant in Berkeley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A gyro with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
tortilla (inferred from the kind of sandwich), served cold: ground beef; lamb; feta cheese; herbs and spices; lettuce; tomato; fresh red onions; tzatziki sauce.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Herbs and Spices.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 67th |
| acid | 1.1 | 74th |
| fat | 2.0 | 45th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tortilla (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | soft | the frame |
| ground beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +1 |
| lamb | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +10 |
| feta cheesescored as Feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | −1 |
| herbs and spices | not scored | ||
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +11 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +13 |
| fresh red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tzatziki saucescored as Tzatziki | sauce | acid 3 fat 2 creamy saucy | +21 |
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
- Lamb + Tzatziki: gyro core: cool yogurt on rich lamb
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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