A sandwich at Boca Pizzeria, a restaurant in Corte Madera, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
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.
ciabatta bread, toasted: grilled salmon; lettuce; tomatoes; red onions; lemon caper aioli; mixed greens.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Lemon Caper Aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 36th |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 2.3 | 55th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 46th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 54th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta breadscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| grilled salmonscored as Salmon | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender | +7 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| lemon caper aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −6 |
| mixed greens | not 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.
Pairings
- Salmon + Onion: raw onion bite keeps rich lox honest
- Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
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