A sandwich at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
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.
white bread (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: corned beef; liver paste; lettuce; tomatoes; beets; cucumbers.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 86th |
| acid | 0.4 | 44th |
| fat | 1.9 | 38th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 53rd |
| umami | 2.1 | 78th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 88th |
86 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 |
| corned beef | protein | salt 5 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −11 |
| liver pastescored as Pâté (pork liver) | protein | fat 5 umami 4 salt 3 creamy silky | +8 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +15 |
| beetsscored as Beetroot | bulk | sweet 2 soft juicy pickled | +3 |
| cucumbersscored as Cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
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
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.16 short).
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