A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +21.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More umami 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.
toasted roll, toasted: grilled roasted beef; melted cheese; grilled onions; au jus.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 82nd |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 2.7 | 90th |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 43rd |
77 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 rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| grilled roasted beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +3 |
| melted cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | 0 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| au jus | sauce | umami 4 salt 3 saucy wet | +3 |
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 + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
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