A wrap at The Napa Deli, a deli in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +19.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
spinach tortilla, served cold: turkey; cream cheese; lettuce; tomato; onion; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 24th |
| acid | 0.5 | 48th |
| fat | 2.0 | 46th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 1.2 | 36th |
| heat | 0.1 | 50th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinach tortillascored as Tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +7 |
| cream cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | −3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +2 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +4 |
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 + Tomato: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- Turkey + Avocado: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
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