A sandwich at Fresh Millions Restaurant, a restaurant in Dublin, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +12.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; five of six roles, few 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; basil pesto; tomato; pepper jack cheese; chipotle mayonnaise.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.4 | 41st |
| fat | 2.6 | 69th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 22nd |
| umami | 1.7 | 58th |
| heat | 0.4 | 80th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 63rd |
85 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 | +3 |
| basil pestoscored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | −4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +17 |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −5 |
| chipotle mayonnaisescored as Chipotle Mayo | sauce | fat 5 heat 2 creamy 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
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Chipotle Mayo: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Tomato + Chipotle Mayo: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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