A sandwich at Westcoast Sourdough - Fremont, a sandwich shop in Fremont, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
Uncharted, six 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.
sourdough roll, served cold: genoa salami; lettuce; tomato; mayonnaise; mustard.
In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.
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 | 1.8 | 82nd |
| acid | 1.5 | 89th |
| fat | 2.2 | 51st |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.7 | 61st |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 77th |
100 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 |
| genoa salamiscored as Salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +12 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +19 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +16 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +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
- Salami + Mustard: hot mustard against fatty salami
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.02 short).
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