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High Roller at Nick's Sandwiches Concord

Choice of 3 meats, 1 cheese, 1 extra on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 42, rough. At Nick's Sandwiches Concord, Concord.

A sandwich at Nick's Sandwiches Concord, a sandwich shop in Concord, California.

Hoagie RollCheese (generic)Hoagie Roll
42
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +14.

Uncharted, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
83
Harmony
38
Contrast
48
Structure
62
Focus
84
Composition
21
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 kind of place), served cold: choice of 3 meats; 1 cheese; 1 extra.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Nick's Sandwiches Concord's typical score.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cold Cuts, Choice of Extra.

Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid0.7 · 56thfat2.7 · 70thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt2.088th
acid0.756th
fat2.770th
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.074th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

83 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 kind of place)breadsoft crustythe frame
choice of 3 meatsnot scored
1 cheesescored as Cheese (generic)proteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooeynot scored
1 extranot 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.

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