A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
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.
english muffin, served cold: smoked breast; tomato; fresh guacamole; homemade creamy cheese sauce (house-made, low tier).
Worth a look: house-made: Cheese Sauce (Whiz).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 69th |
| acid | 0.5 | 47th |
| fat | 2.3 | 57th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.8 | 66th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| english muffin | bread | soft | the frame |
| smoked breastscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| fresh guacamolescored as Guacamole | sauce | fat 4 creamy fresh | +2 |
| homemade creamy cheese sauce (house-made, low tier)scored as Cheese Sauce (Whiz) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 gooey creamy melty | −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
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
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