A sandwich at Roadees Cafe, a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +24.
Reads as a fully realized italian panino sandwich, three 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.
soft roll, toasted: prosciutto (high tier); hot capicola (high tier); sweet capicola (high tier); muffuletta salad (high tier); provolone cheese; freshly made garlic sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 3.0 | 90th |
| acid | 0.2 | 31st |
| fat | 3.2 | 86th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.8 | 90th |
| heat | 0.5 | 86th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 49th |
71 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| prosciutto (high tier) | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 silky chewy tender | −1 |
| hot capicola (high tier)scored as Capicola (coppa) | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 silky chewy tender | −3 |
| sweet capicola (high tier)scored as Capicola (coppa) | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 silky chewy tender | −3 |
| muffuletta salad (high tier)scored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +6 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +13 |
| freshly made garlic saucescored as Garlic Sauce | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | +3 |
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
- Prosciutto + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): brine against salt ham, muffuletta logic
- Capicola (coppa) + Provolone: spiced cure under sharp provolone
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