A sandwich at Barefoot Cafe, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, 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.
whole wheat bun, toasted: grilled eggplant; roasted red peppers; red onions; melted mozzarella; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.6 | 30th |
| acid | 0.5 | 46th |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.7 | 81st |
| umami | 1.0 | 30th |
| heat | 0.1 | 51st |
| bitter | 0.2 | 68th |
66 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 bunscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| grilled eggplantscored as Eggplant | bulk | umami 2 soft | −1 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | 0 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| melted mozzarellascored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +16 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | +10 |
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
- Roasted Red Pepper + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Roasted Red Pepper + Mozzarella: roasted pepper and mozzarella, the antipasto pair
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