A wrap at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
−6 sauce overload
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.
tortilla, served cold: turkey; cranberry; provolone cheese; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; onions; garlic sauce; cilantro.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 55th |
| acid | 1.3 | 80th |
| fat | 1.6 | 30th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 76th |
| umami | 1.2 | 37th |
| heat | 0.4 | 81st |
| bitter | 0.4 | 88th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +4 |
| cranberryscored as Cranberry Sauce | sauce | sweet 4 acid 3 saucy soft | −4 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −5 |
| 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 | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −2 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| garlic sauce | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | −17 |
| cilantro | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal | −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
- Turkey + Cranberry Sauce: thanksgiving logic: tart fruit on lean bird
- Turkey + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: sauce overload (-6).
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