A sandwich at Water Tower Kitchen, a restaurant in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +30.
Uncharted, three of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More salt than 90% of the catalog.
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.
sourdough, toasted: bacon; aged white cheddar; yellow cheddar; parmesan cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.9 | 90th |
| acid | 0.6 | 51st |
| fat | 3.3 | 88th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.9 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +2 |
| aged white cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | −1 |
| yellow cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | −1 |
| parmesan cheesescored as Parmesan | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty | −2 |
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
- Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- Bacon + Cheddar Cheese: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
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