A burger at Falafel Fremont, a restaurant in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich), toasted: avocado; sprouts; lettuce; onions; tomatoes; swiss cheese; ranch sauce (low tier); beef patty.
In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 53rd |
| acid | 0.4 | 40th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 49th |
| umami | 1.6 | 57th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 58th |
82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| burger bun (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −2 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +12 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +1 |
| ranch sauce (low tier)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy | +1 |
| beef pattyscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +8 |
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
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
- Lettuce + Ranch Dressing: ranch on the greens, salad logic
- Onion + Beef: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Tomato + Ranch Dressing: ranch on tomato, salad logic
- Swiss Cheese + Beef: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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