A sandwich at Westcoast Sourdough - Fremont, a sandwich shop in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +15.
Leans toward a lox bagel, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
fresh baked sourdough bread, toasted: hot honey glazed salmon; house sauce (high tier); shredded iceberg lettuce; tomatoes; red onions; lemon vinaigrette.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Westcoast Sourdough - Fremont's typical score.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 25th |
| acid | 0.7 | 58th |
| fat | 1.3 | 18th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 63rd |
| umami | 1.8 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 60th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 71st |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fresh baked sourdough breadscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| hot honey glazed salmonscored as Salmon | protein | fat 3 umami 3 soft flaky tender | +23 |
| house sauce (high tier) | not scored | ||
| shredded iceberg lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +18 |
| red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +14 |
| lemon vinaigrette | not scored |
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
- Salmon + Onion: raw onion bite keeps rich lox honest
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.08 short).
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