A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +15.
Leans toward a breakfast sandwich, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
grilled sourdough, toasted: eggs; avocado; tomato; cheese; bacon; ham.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 81st |
| acid | 0.4 | 43rd |
| fat | 3.1 | 82nd |
| sweet | 0.3 | 36th |
| umami | 2.4 | 87th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +9 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +7 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +19 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −5 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +12 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −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
- Egg + Avocado: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Avocado + Bacon: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Tomato + Bacon: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.13 short).
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