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Chicken Philly Sandwich at Cafe Napolina

Grilled chicken, provolone cheese, caramelized onions, bell peppers on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 56, solid. At Cafe Napolina, Concord.

A sandwich at Cafe Napolina, a restaurant in Concord, California.

Hoagie RollBell PepperCaramelized OnionProvoloneChickenHoagie Roll
56
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +22.

A chicken pesto sandwich with layers outside the form; four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
72
Harmony
70
Contrast
83
Structure
86
Focus
90
Composition
42
Quality
100
Envelope
100

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.

hoagie roll (inferred from the name), toasted: grilled chicken; provolone cheese; caramelized onions; bell peppers.

Balance

salt1.0 · 52ndacid0.2 · 29thfat1.7 · 32ndsweet0.8 · 84thumami2.1 · 80thheat0.0bitter0.2 · 59th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.052nd
acid0.229th
fat1.732nd
sweet0.884th
umami2.180th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.259th

72 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
hoagie roll (inferred from the name)breadsoft crustythe frame
grilled chickenscored as Chickenproteinumami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender−1
provolone cheesescored as Provoloneproteinfat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty+9
caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onionbulksweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky−5
bell peppersscored as Bell Pepperbulkcrunchy juicy fresh+6

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.

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