A wrap at The Napa Deli, a deli in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Leans toward a chicken pesto 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.
tomato tortilla, served cold: grilled chicken; mozzarella; lettuce; tomato; buffalo blue spread.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Buffalo Blue Cheese Spread.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 42nd |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 1.6 | 29th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 47th |
79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tomato tortillascored as Tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | −8 |
| mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +10 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +12 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +20 |
| buffalo blue spread | 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
- Mozzarella + Tomato: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
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