A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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; salami; american cheese (low tier); mayo; lettuce; tomato; sprouts; jalapeno; red onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.6 | 74th |
| acid | 0.6 | 51st |
| fat | 2.3 | 55th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 47th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.3 | 71st |
| bitter | 0.2 | 64th |
90 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 | −1 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +6 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −5 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +17 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +23 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +1 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
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 + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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