A sandwich at La Gastronomia di Porchetta, a restaurant in Fairfax, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +12.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
brioche bun, served cold: cambozola cheese; arugula; caramelized onions; fried eggs; crispy bacon.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cambozola.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 52nd |
| acid | 0.2 | 29th |
| fat | 2.5 | 63rd |
| sweet | 0.8 | 83rd |
| umami | 1.8 | 66th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
72 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| cambozola cheese | not scored | ||
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +3 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | −1 |
| fried eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +4 |
| crispy baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +11 |
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
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
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