A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +18.
Leans toward a veggie panini, 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.
Bagel (inferred from the kind of sandwich), served cold: egg whites; spinach; mushrooms; swiss cheese.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Egg White.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 52nd |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 67th |
69 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 |
| egg whites | not scored | ||
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | +10 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +17 |
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
- Mushroom + Swiss Cheese: melted alpine over browned mushroom
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