A sandwich at Cafe Benedict, a cafe in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized blt, six of six roles on the board.
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.
toasted sourdough, toasted: applewood smoked bacon; lettuce; tomato; mayo; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 55th |
| acid | 0.8 | 62nd |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 1.4 | 48th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| applewood smoked baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +17 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +23 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
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
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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