A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +16.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
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: 2 sausages; 2 cheeses; avocado; grilled onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.3 | 38th |
| fat | 3.4 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 2.2 | 82nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
74 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 |
| 2 sausagesscored as Sausage | protein | fat 5 salt 4 umami 4 juicy springy tender | −9 |
| 2 cheesesscored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −1 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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