A sandwich at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +12.
An italian sub with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
−6 sauce overload
More salt 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 (inferred from the name), served cold: salami; mortadella (high tier); pastrami; provolone cheese; garlic sauce; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; onions; pickles; pepperoncini.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.4 | 90th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 1.8 | 63rd |
| heat | 0.5 | 85th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 56th |
100 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 (inferred from the name) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | −2 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −4 |
| pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −5 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −1 |
| garlic sauce | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | −10 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −12 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | 0 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −6 |
| pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −5 |
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
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Salami + Mustard: hot mustard against fatty salami
- Salami + Pepperoncini: hot pickled peppers cut fatty salami
- Mortadella + Pepperoncini: pickled pepper bite against soft spiced pork
- Pastrami + Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: sauce overload (-6).
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