A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +15.
A breakfast sandwich with layers outside the form; five 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; ham; cheese; tomato; chive onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 80th |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 2.4 | 59th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 48th |
| umami | 2.4 | 86th |
| heat | 0.1 | 55th |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
87 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 | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +3 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +2 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| chive onionsscored as Scallion (green onion, chives) | aromatic | fresh herbal crisp | +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.
Pairings
- Egg + Scallion (green onion, chives): chives lift eggs without shouting
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