A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +15.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
wheat bread, served cold: tender shrimp; tomato; lettuce; avocado; shredded swiss; thick strip of bacon.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 62nd |
| acid | 0.2 | 30th |
| fat | 2.4 | 58th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 41st |
| umami | 1.9 | 70th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 58th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheat breadscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| tender shrimpscored as Shrimp | protein | umami 2 springy juicy tender | −9 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +21 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +6 |
| shredded swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −7 |
| thick strip of baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +19 |
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
- Tomato + Bacon: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Lettuce + Bacon: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Avocado + Bacon: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.06 short).
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