A sandwich at Barefoot Cafe, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A cubano with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
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.
light rye bread, toasted: hickory smoked ham; melted swiss; tomato; lettuce; mustard dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 89th |
| acid | 0.9 | 66th |
| fat | 1.5 | 26th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 50th |
| umami | 2.2 | 82nd |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| light rye breadscored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| hickory smoked hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +6 |
| melted swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +9 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | 0 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| mustard dressingscored as Mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +1 |
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
- Ham + Swiss Cheese: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- Ham + Mustard: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
All the sandwiches at Barefoot Cafe · The menu this was read from · Build your own in the Sandwich Builder