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Steak Sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati

New york steak charbroiled, melted cheese, grilled onions on french roll. Sandwich Score 56, solid. At Marvin's of Cotati, Cotati.

A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.

Hoagie RollOnionCheese (generic)BeefHoagie Roll
56
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +23.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
79
Harmony
77
Contrast
75
Structure
88
Focus
100
Composition
38
Quality
100
Envelope
100

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.

french roll, toasted: new york steak charbroiled; melted cheese; grilled onions.

Balance

salt1.4 · 70thacid0.5 · 46thfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.3 · 84thheat0.1 · 57thbitter0.1 · 50th
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.470th
acid0.546th
fat2.564th
sweet0.229th
umami2.384th
heat0.157th
bitter0.150th

80 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
french rollscored as Hoagie Rollbreadsoft crustythe frame
new york steak charbroiledscored as Beefproteinfat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender+3
melted cheesescored as Cheese (generic)proteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey−1
grilled onionsscored as Oniontexturesweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh+8

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.

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