A sandwich at Blazin Bagelz, a bakery in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +14.
Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, four of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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: egg; jalapeño; cheddar; avocado.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 44th |
| acid | 0.3 | 38th |
| fat | 2.9 | 77th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.3 | 75th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 42nd |
76 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 |
| egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +14 |
| jalapeño | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw | +14 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +22 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft 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
- Egg + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- Egg + Avocado: avocado toast law: green fat under soft egg
- Jalapeño + Cheddar Cheese: jalapeno cheddar: green heat in sharp fat
- Jalapeño + Avocado: green fat against green heat, the taqueria pair
How to raise it
- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.05 short).
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