A sandwich at Miss Tomato Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Daly City, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no 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 name), toasted: ham; swiss cheese; tomato; basil; garlic mayonnaise.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 81st |
| acid | 0.4 | 44th |
| fat | 2.6 | 66th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 49th |
| umami | 2.1 | 81st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 47th |
87 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 name) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +5 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +11 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +3 |
| garlic mayonnaisescored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | +2 |
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
- Ham + Swiss Cheese: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- Tomato + Basil: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
- Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
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