A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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: ham; turkey; cheese; cucumber; lettuce; tomato; onion; mayo; mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 76th |
| acid | 1.0 | 69th |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 42nd |
| umami | 1.8 | 63rd |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 67th |
98 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 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +4 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −6 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −4 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +17 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −6 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +10 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +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
- Ham + Mustard: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.03 short).
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