A sandwich at Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Burlingame, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +11.
A turkey 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.
white bread (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), pressed: smoked turkey; ham; pesto; spinach; tomato; brie.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 79th |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 2.4 | 59th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 39th |
| umami | 2.2 | 83rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 74th |
83 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 (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft | the frame |
| smoked turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +8 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −10 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +8 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | +7 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| brie | protein | fat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty | +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 + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Brie: soft brie gives lean turkey its fat
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