A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
Reads as a fully realized turkey sandwich, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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; provolone; lots of garlic; basil; spinach; mayonnaise; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 46th |
| acid | 0.5 | 50th |
| fat | 1.7 | 31st |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 1.4 | 46th |
| heat | 0.1 | 51st |
| bitter | 0.2 | 63rd |
83 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 | +11 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +5 |
| lots of garlicscored as Garlic | aromatic | soft | −4 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | −1 |
| spinach | bulk | soft fresh leafy | +7 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +17 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +21 |
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
- Basil + Tomato: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.02 short).
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