A sandwich at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a chicken bacon melt, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
dutch crunch bread, toasted: fried chicken; lettuce; tomato; provolone; chipotle mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 60th |
| acid | 0.4 | 45th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 36th |
| umami | 2.0 | 70th |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dutch crunch breadscored as Dutch Crunch Roll | bread | soft crackly crusty | the frame |
| fried chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −3 |
| chipotle mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy | +20 |
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
- Chicken + Chipotle Mayo: smoky heat on grilled chicken
- Tomato + Chipotle Mayo: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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