A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
whole grain wheat, served cold: fresh avocado; tomato; spinach; cheese; cucumber.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 46th |
| acid | 0.5 | 46th |
| fat | 2.0 | 44th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 1.2 | 38th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 73rd |
82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole grain wheatscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| fresh avocadoscored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +6 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | 0 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +8 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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