A sandwich at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized caprese, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: mozzarella cheese; tomato; pesto; balsamic vinegar.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 47th |
| acid | 1.3 | 82nd |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 1.0 | 90th |
| umami | 1.3 | 40th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
91 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 kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| mozzarella cheesescored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +30 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +23 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +12 |
| balsamic vinegarscored as Balsamic (vinegar, glaze) | acid | acid 4 sweet 3 wet saucy | +4 |
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
- Mozzarella + Tomato: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
- Mozzarella + Balsamic (vinegar, glaze): dark acid against milky cheese
- Tomato + Balsamic (vinegar, glaze): vinegar on tomato, salad logic
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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