A sandwich at Cay Cafe, a bánh mì shop in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Leans toward a breakfast sandwich, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
banh mi, toasted: Egg; Bacon; Avocado; Mayonnaise; Cilantro; Jalapeño.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 43rd |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 3.0 | 81st |
| sweet | 0.1 | 19th |
| umami | 1.4 | 44th |
| heat | 0.2 | 70th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 66th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| banh miscored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | −4 |
| Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +3 |
| Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
| Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +6 |
| Cilantro | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal | +8 |
| Jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +9 |
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
- Egg + Bacon: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
- Egg + Avocado: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
- Egg + Mayonnaise: egg salad core: yolk richness doubled
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- Bacon + Jalapeño: jalapeno popper logic: green heat and smoke
- Avocado + Jalapeño: green fat against green heat, the taqueria pair
- Cilantro + Jalapeño: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.16 short).
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