A sandwich at Orange Bowl, a sandwich shop in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +13.
Reads as a fully realized cheesesteak, four of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
french roll, toasted: tender beef; provolone cheese; bell peppers; onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 49th |
| acid | 0.1 | 25th |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 1.9 | 66th |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 45th |
70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| tender beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +7 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +14 |
| bell peppersscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
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
- Beef + Provolone: philly logic: sharp provolone on beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Bell Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.10 short).
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