A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +24.
A breakfast sandwich with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a 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.
white bread (inferred from the kind of place), pressed: egg; ham; cheese; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 82nd |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 3.3 | 87th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 30th |
| umami | 2.3 | 84th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft | the frame |
| egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +1 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | 0 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −3 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +2 |
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
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
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