A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: ham; salami; bacon; pepperoni; hot links; american cheese (low tier); lettuce; tomato; mustard; mayo; spicy honey garlic sauce.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Miss Tomato Sandwiches's typical score.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Honey Garlic Sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.7 | 90th |
| acid | 0.7 | 57th |
| fat | 3.0 | 79th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 42nd |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.5 | 84th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 57th |
98 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 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −8 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | −8 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | −7 |
| pepperoni | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | −9 |
| hot links | not scored | ||
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −9 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +1 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +7 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −7 |
| spicy honey garlic sauce | not scored |
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
- Ham + Salami: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- Ham + Mustard: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
- Salami + Pepperoni: the italian sub's spiced cures
- Salami + Mustard: hot mustard against fatty salami
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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