A sandwich at Cozzy Market & Deli, a deli in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +16.
Reads as a fully realized roast beef, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More bitter 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: roast beef; roasted red peppers; arugula; blue cheese; garlic mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 34th |
| umami | 1.6 | 57th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.7 | 90th |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +17 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +2 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +20 |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | +13 |
| garlic mayoscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | +1 |
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
- Beef + Arugula: tagliata logic: pepper leaf on seared beef
- Beef + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola): steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
- Beef + Aioli: garlic aioli on roast beef
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.09 short).
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