A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +11.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−8 heat past the catalog
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More heat 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.
Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich), served cold: chorizo; eggs; grilled jalapeños.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.1 | 26th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.8 | 64th |
| heat | 1.1 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 50th |
70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| chorizo | protein | salt 3 fat 3 umami 3 heat 2 chewy juicy | −7 |
| eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +6 |
| grilled jalapeñosscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | 0 |
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
- Chorizo + Egg: the breakfast torta
How to raise it
- Clear the board: heat past the catalog (-8).
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