A sandwich at The Napa Deli, a deli in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
A turkey sandwich with layers outside the form; six 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.
dutch crunch roll, served cold: turkey; monterey jack; lettuce; tomato; onion; guacamole; mayo.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 56th |
| acid | 0.8 | 60th |
| fat | 2.4 | 61st |
| sweet | 0.3 | 42nd |
| umami | 1.3 | 43rd |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dutch crunch roll | bread | soft crackly crusty | the frame |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | +3 |
| monterey jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −8 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +8 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +13 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| guacamole | sauce | fat 4 creamy fresh | −8 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +10 |
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 + Mayonnaise: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
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