A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +12.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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; roast beef; hummus; tomato; cucumber; lettuce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 39th |
| acid | 0.2 | 31st |
| fat | 1.5 | 24th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 22nd |
| umami | 1.5 | 49th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 39th |
73 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 | +3 |
| roast beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +2 |
| hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | +5 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +11 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +4 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
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 + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Hummus + Cucumber: cool crunch over nutty hummus
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.07 short).
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