A sandwich at Water Tower Kitchen, a restaurant in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
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.
house paulino's salty bread, toasted: ribeye steak; white american cheese; onions; bell pepper; mushrooms.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 59th |
| acid | 0.1 | 24th |
| fat | 1.8 | 34th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 68th |
| umami | 1.6 | 57th |
| heat | 0.1 | 51st |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| house paulino's salty breadscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| ribeye steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +15 |
| white american cheesescored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | +8 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| bell pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +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
- Beef + American Cheese: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Beef + Mushroom: beef and mushroom, the steakhouse pair
- Onion + Bell Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Onion + Mushroom: the saute pair: mushroom and onion
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.10 short).
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