A sandwich at Digger's Diner, a restaurant in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
Leans toward a veggie panini, five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
sourdough, toasted: grilled mushrooms; onions; bell peppers; tomatoes; swiss cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 47th |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.7 | 77th |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.1 | 57th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| grilled mushrooms | not scored | ||
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| bell peppersscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +15 |
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
- Onion + Bell Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
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