A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
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: avocado; spinach; pesto; cucumber; lettuce; tomato; sprouts; provolone; mozzarella.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 44th |
| acid | 0.1 | 28th |
| fat | 2.1 | 48th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 18th |
| umami | 1.2 | 36th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 79th |
69 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 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −3 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | −3 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −2 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +2 |
| mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | 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
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
- Tomato + Mozzarella: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
- Provolone + Mozzarella: the pizzeria blend: stretch and sharpness
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.11 short).
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