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 reuben, three of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More salt 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.
sourdough roll, toasted: pastrami; house sauce (high tier); dijon; sauerkraut; swiss cheese.
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 | 2.3 | 90th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.7 | 33rd |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.0 | 74th |
| heat | 0.3 | 73rd |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough rollscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +16 |
| house sauce (high tier) | not scored | ||
| dijon | not scored | ||
| sauerkraut | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled wet | +22 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +16 |
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
- Pastrami + Sauerkraut: peppery beef, sour kraut: the reuben axis
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
- Sauerkraut + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds the kraut's sour
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.19 short).
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