A sandwich at Bay Area Bagels, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +12.
Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−4 pressed the fresh layers flat
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.
white bread (inferred from the kind of place), pressed: turkey; avocado; tomato; lettuce; swiss cheese; mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 54th |
| acid | 0.7 | 59th |
| fat | 1.6 | 29th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.4 | 78th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 69th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +19 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +5 |
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
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Swiss Cheese: turkey and swiss, the deli default
How to raise it
- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).
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