A wrap at Yafa Hummus, a restaurant in Dublin, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +13.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
More bitter 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.
pita (inferred from the name), served cold: halal steak seasoned with imported spices; tahini; tomatoes; onions.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.4 | 19th |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 50th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.1 | 55th |
| bitter | 0.7 | 90th |
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pita (inferred from the name) | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| halal steak seasoned with imported spicesscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +10 |
| tahini | sauce | fat 4 bitter 2 creamy silky saucy | +8 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +16 |
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
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.05 short).
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