A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
A pastrami on rye with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More heat 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: pastrami; hot brown mustard; swiss cheese; grilled onions; lettuce; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 84th |
| acid | 1.1 | 75th |
| fat | 1.4 | 22nd |
| sweet | 0.3 | 36th |
| umami | 2.1 | 80th |
| heat | 0.7 | 90th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 81st |
100 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 |
| pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +18 |
| hot brown mustardscored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +11 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +7 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
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
- Pastrami + Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.07 short).
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