A sandwich at Marvin's of Cotati, a restaurant in Cotati, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +12.
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, toasted: sautéed mushroom; onion; sliced avocado; tomato; homemade creamy cheese sauce (house-made, low tier).
Worth a look: house-made: Cheese Sauce (Whiz).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.4 | 41st |
| fat | 2.6 | 67th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 49th |
| umami | 1.7 | 60th |
| heat | 0.1 | 55th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 47th |
86 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 |
| sautéed mushroom | not scored | ||
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| sliced avocadoscored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| homemade creamy cheese sauce (house-made, low tier)scored as Cheese Sauce (Whiz) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 gooey creamy melty | +5 |
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
Commodity lead (cheese sauce): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.
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