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Spicy Tuna at North Park Deli

Tuna, spicy jalapeno garlic mayo, sliced jalapenos on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 44, rough. At North Park Deli, Concord.

A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.

Hoagie RollJalapeñoChipotle MayoTunaHoagie Roll
44
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +28.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
72
Harmony
54
Contrast
75
Structure
84
Focus
100
Composition
39
Quality
100
Envelope
88

−8 heat past the catalog

More heat than 90% of the catalog.

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: tuna; spicy jalapeno garlic mayo; sliced jalapenos.

Balance

salt0.7 · 40thacid0.4 · 44thfat2.4 · 60thsweet0.0umami1.4 · 48thheat1.1 · 90thbitter0.1 · 51st
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt0.740th
acid0.444th
fat2.460th
sweet0.0n/a
umami1.448th
heat1.190th
bitter0.151st

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 kind of place)breadsoft crustythe frame
tunaproteinumami 3 fat 2 soft flaky tender+4
spicy jalapeno garlic mayoscored as Chipotle Mayosaucefat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy−1
sliced jalapenosscored as Jalapeñotextureheat 4 crunchy fresh raw0

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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