A sandwich at New Jersey's Restaurant, a sandwich shop in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, five 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.
soft roll, toasted: onions; bell peppers; mushrooms; cheese; lettuce; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 57th |
| acid | 0.6 | 54th |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 63rd |
| umami | 1.5 | 50th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 59th |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +20 |
| bell peppersscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +2 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +29 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +17 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
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
- Onion + Bell Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Onion + Mushroom: the saute pair: mushroom and onion
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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