A sandwich at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +14.
Reads as a fully realized muffuletta, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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), toasted: salami; mortadella (high tier); capicola (high tier); muff salad (high tier); provolone; lettuce; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.7 | 90th |
| acid | 0.2 | 32nd |
| fat | 2.9 | 78th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 20th |
| umami | 2.8 | 90th |
| heat | 0.2 | 65th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 59th |
79 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 | −1 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −4 |
| capicola (high tier)scored as Capicola (coppa) | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 silky chewy tender | −7 |
| muff salad (high tier)scored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +1 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
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 + Capicola (coppa): the italian sub's cured pair
- Salami + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): muffuletta logic: cured pork and brine
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Capicola (coppa) + Provolone: spiced cure under sharp provolone
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Tomato: olive brine against sweet acid
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.18 short).
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