A sandwich at Barefoot Cafe, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +29.
Leans toward a club, 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.
whole wheat bread, served cold: homemade chicken salad with water chestnuts (house-made); green onions; lettuce; tomato.
Worth a look: house-made: Chicken Salad.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 51st |
| acid | 0.8 | 60th |
| fat | 1.2 | 17th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 31st |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.2 | 63rd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 78th |
94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole wheat bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| homemade chicken salad with water chestnuts (house-made)scored as Chicken Salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | +13 |
| green onionsscored as Scallion (green onion, chives) | aromatic | fresh herbal crisp | −2 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
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.
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