A wrap at The Napa Deli, a deli in Fairfield, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +12.
Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
Less fat than almost everything in 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.
flour tortilla, served cold: white albacore tuna; tomato; cucumber; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 22nd |
| acid | 0.4 | 44th |
| fat | 0.7 | 9th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 56th |
| umami | 1.6 | 53rd |
| heat | 0.1 | 57th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 51st |
73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| flour tortillascored as Tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| white albacore tunascored as Tuna | protein | umami 3 fat 2 soft flaky tender | +24 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +8 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| 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
- Tuna + Tomato: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.07 short).
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