A sandwich at Water Tower Kitchen, a restaurant in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +17.
A hot chicken sandwich with layers outside the form; four 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.
brioche bun, toasted: fried chicken breast; pepper jack cheese; pickles; spicy aioli; house chili sauce.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Water Tower Kitchen's typical score.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Chili Sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 1.4 | 86th |
| fat | 1.7 | 33rd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 54th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| fried chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | +1 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +16 |
| spicy aioli | not scored | ||
| house chili sauce | not scored |
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
- Chicken + Pickle (cucumber): fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
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