A sandwich at Dino's Sandwich Shop, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More acid 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.
hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: boar's head londonbroil roast beef (named producer); boar's head cheddar (named producer); creamy horseradish spread; lettuce; tomato; pickles; red onions; mayonnaise; mustard.
Worth a look: named producer: London Broil; Cheddar Cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 81st |
| acid | 2.2 | 90th |
| fat | 1.5 | 27th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 1.0 | 29th |
| heat | 0.9 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.4 | 85th |
95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| boar's head londonbroil roast beef (named producer) | not scored | ||
| boar's head cheddar (named producer)scored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +23 |
| creamy horseradish spreadscored as Horseradish | sauce | heat 4 acid 2 creamy saucy | −4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +16 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −4 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +7 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +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
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Onion: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Mustard: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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