A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +24.
An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; three of six roles.
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.
Croissant (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: fried egg; turkey; swiss cheese; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 53rd |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 3.0 | 79th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 1.8 | 64th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croissant (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | fat 3 sweet 2 flaky crispy | the frame |
| fried eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +4 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −8 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +6 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +7 |
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
- Croissant + Egg: egg on a buttery croissant, the cafe standard
- Croissant + Turkey: turkey on a buttery croissant, the cafe standard
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
- Turkey + Swiss Cheese: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- Turkey + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
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