A sandwich at Pho Mama, a bánh mì shop in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +18.
Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
More umami than 90% of 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.
Bánh Mì Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich), served cold: pork roll (low tier); ham; shredded pork.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.3 | 90th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.6 | 66th |
| sweet | 1.0 | 90th |
| umami | 3.4 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bánh Mì Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich)scored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| pork roll (low tier)scored as Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll) | protein | umami 4 salt 3 fat 2 springy soft tender | +3 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +3 |
| shredded porkscored as Pork | protein | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
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
- Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll) + Ham: the cubano's double pork, cured over roasted
How to raise it
Commodity lead (chả lụa): nothing on the board changes that, and 90 is closed.
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