A wrap at Fresh Millions Restaurant, a restaurant in Dublin, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +13.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More acid 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.
tortilla, served cold: tomatoes; olives; pepperoncini; red onions; feta cheese; greens; lemon-oregano vinaigrette.
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.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.2 | 90th |
| acid | 2.2 | 90th |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 0.9 | 27th |
| heat | 0.4 | 79th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
95 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 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +2 |
| olivesscored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +3 |
| pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −1 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| feta cheesescored as Feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +9 |
| greens | not scored | ||
| lemon-oregano vinaigrette | 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
- Tomato + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): olive brine against sweet acid
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Onion: brine and raw bite, the antipasto pair
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Feta: two brines that agree: feta and olive
All the sandwiches at Fresh Millions Restaurant · The menu this was read from · Build your own in the Sandwich Builder