A sandwich at Blazin Bagelz, a bakery in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +15.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
white bread (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: double pastrami; swiss; greek peppers; sprouts.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 1.3 | 82nd |
| fat | 1.6 | 28th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.8 | 66th |
| heat | 0.5 | 86th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
99 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 (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft | the frame |
| double pastramiscored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +4 |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| greek peppersscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | +6 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
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 + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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