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 turkey sandwich, five of six roles on the board.
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.
sourdough bread, toasted: roast breast of turkey; melted swiss; tomato; lettuce; louis dressing.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Louis Dressing.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.5 | 45th |
| fat | 1.3 | 19th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 47th |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough breadscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| roast breast of turkeyscored as Turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +12 |
| melted swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +16 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| louis dressing | not scored |
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 + Swiss Cheese: turkey and swiss, the deli default
- Turkey + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.08 short).
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