A sandwich at Portales Taqueria, a taqueria in Castro Valley, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six 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.
telera (inferred from the name), toasted: mayo; beans; cheese; eggs; onion; lettuce; tomato; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 45th |
| acid | 0.7 | 57th |
| fat | 2.7 | 72nd |
| sweet | 0.2 | 28th |
| umami | 1.5 | 49th |
| heat | 0.1 | 47th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 48th |
86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| telera (inferred from the name) | bread | soft | the frame |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +15 |
| beans | bulk | soft creamy | −1 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +7 |
| eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +6 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +23 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +13 |
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
- Mayonnaise + Egg: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- Egg + Avocado: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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