A sandwich at Blazin Bagelz, a bakery in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, 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.
white bread (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: ham; swiss; lettuce; tomato; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 76th |
| umami | 2.4 | 88th |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 60th |
85 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 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +9 |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +15 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
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
- Ham + Swiss Cheese: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
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