A sandwich at Skillet'z Cafe, a restaurant in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +24.
Uncharted, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
white bread (inferred from the name), toasted: linguica; bacon; pepper jack cheese; lettuce; tomato; avocado.
Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Smoked Sausage.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.2 | 30th |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.1 | 21st |
| umami | 2.1 | 81st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| white bread (inferred from the name) | bread | soft | the frame |
| linguicascored as Sausage | protein | fat 5 salt 4 umami 4 juicy springy tender | −17 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +7 |
| pepper jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −5 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +19 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +5 |
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
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- Bacon + Avocado: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
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