A sandwich at Cafe Benedict, a cafe in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +9.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a 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.
french roll, toasted: marinated grilled chicken or gyro meat; sautéed onions; pepper jack cheese; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 55th |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 2.6 | 66th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.7 | 59th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 43rd |
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| marinated grilled chicken or gyro meatscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +2 |
| sautéed onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | 0 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | +5 |
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
- Chicken + Aioli: garlic aioli on mild chicken
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