A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good. Small moves left on the board.
Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: turkey; avocados; sun-dried tomato; provolone cheese; spinach; pesto; garlic sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 61st |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 1.6 | 55th |
| heat | 0.1 | 62nd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +14 |
| avocadosscored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
| sun-dried tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +7 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +1 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | +11 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +6 |
| garlic sauce | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | −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.
Pairings
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- Turkey + Sun-Dried Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.06 short).
All the sandwiches at Miss Tomato Sandwiches · The menu this was read from · Build your own in the Sandwich Builder