A wrap at Fresh Millions Restaurant, a restaurant in Dublin, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +13.
Leans toward a club, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
tortilla, served cold: avocado; grilled chicken; smoked bacon; eggs; tomatoes; blue cheese; greens; buttermilk-herb dressing.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Fresh Millions Restaurant's typical score.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Buttermilk Herb Dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 63rd |
| acid | 0.2 | 29th |
| fat | 2.9 | 78th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 19th |
| umami | 2.2 | 83rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 81st |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +13 |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +5 |
| smoked baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +21 |
| eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +5 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | −5 |
| greens | not scored | ||
| buttermilk-herb dressing | not scored |
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 + Chicken: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
- Avocado + Bacon: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Avocado + Egg: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
- Chicken + Bacon: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- Bacon + Egg: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.15 short).
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