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Grilled Cheese at Bitter + Sweet

Cheddar, havarti, parmesan on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 42, rough. At Bitter + Sweet, Cupertino.

A sandwich at Bitter + Sweet, a cafe in Cupertino, California.

White BreadParmesanHavartiCheddar CheeseWhite Bread
42
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +15.

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

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
58
Harmony
46
Contrast
57
Structure
88
Focus
55
Composition
25
Quality
100
Envelope
96

More salt than 90% of the catalog.

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.

white bread (inferred from the name), pressed: cheddar; havarti; parmesan.

Balance

salt2.6 · 90thacid0.6 · 52ndfat3.1 · 83rdsweet0.3 · 37thumami2.6 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt2.690th
acid0.652nd
fat3.183rd
sweet0.337th
umami2.690th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

81 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
white bread (inferred from the name)breadsoftthe frame
cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheeseproteinfat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty−1
havartiproteinfat 4 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty−4
parmesanproteinsalt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty−3

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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