A sandwich at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +9.
A torta sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
Telera Roll (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: ham; queso de puerco; queso fresco; lettuce; tomato; onions; jalapeños; avocado; sour cream.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 76th |
| acid | 0.8 | 62nd |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 67th |
| umami | 1.7 | 60th |
| heat | 0.2 | 69th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telera Roll (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −1 |
| queso de puercoscored as Thịt Nguội (head cheese) | protein | fat 4 umami 4 salt 3 silky chewy tender | −6 |
| queso fresco | protein | salt 2 fat 2 creamy soft | 0 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +2 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +2 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +2 |
| sour cream | sauce | fat 4 acid 3 creamy smooth saucy | 0 |
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
- Jalapeño + Avocado: green fat against green heat, the taqueria pair
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