A sandwich at The Napa Deli, a deli in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
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.
toasted sliced wheat, toasted: hummus; mixed greens; sprouts; pepper jack; cucumber; tomato; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 46th |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 1.5 | 24th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 40th |
| umami | 1.1 | 31st |
| heat | 0.1 | 51st |
| bitter | 0.3 | 74th |
76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| toasted sliced wheatscored as Whole Wheat Bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | +1 |
| mixed greens | not scored | ||
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| pepper jackscored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | +4 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +6 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +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
- Hummus + Cucumber: cool crunch over nutty hummus
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