A sandwich at Holder's Country Inn Cupertino, a restaurant in Cupertino, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
A chicken bacon melt with layers outside the form; four of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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.
ciabatta roll, toasted: fried crispy chicken; coleslaw; swiss cheese; bbq sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 67th |
| acid | 0.8 | 60th |
| fat | 1.6 | 27th |
| sweet | 1.1 | 90th |
| umami | 1.7 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| fried crispy chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +12 |
| coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +11 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| bbq sauce | sauce | sweet 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy | +14 |
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
- Chicken + Coleslaw: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
- Chicken + BBQ Sauce: bbq chicken: sweet smoke glaze on a mild bird
- Coleslaw + BBQ Sauce: sweet smoke sauce wants slaw's vinegar snap
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