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 gyro, 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.
warm fresh gyro pita, toasted: gyro meat; romaine lettuce; tomatoes; sumac onions; homemade tzatziki.
Worth a look: house-made: Tzatziki; ingredient not in the pantry: Sumac Onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 41st |
| acid | 1.2 | 78th |
| fat | 1.6 | 29th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.6 | 55th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 48th |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| warm fresh gyro pitascored as Pita | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| gyro meatscored as Lamb | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +22 |
| romaine lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| sumac onions | not scored | ||
| homemade tzatzikiscored as Tzatziki | sauce | acid 3 fat 2 creamy saucy | +6 |
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
- Lamb + Tzatziki: gyro core: cool yogurt on rich lamb
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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