A sandwich at El Charrito Market, a corner store in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
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.
telera (inferred from the name), toasted: pollo; jamón; chorizo; queso; lechuga; jitomate; aguacate.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 2.6 | 68th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 34th |
| umami | 2.4 | 89th |
| heat | 0.3 | 76th |
| bitter | 0.0 | 37th |
83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| telera (inferred from the name) | bread | soft | the frame |
| polloscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +3 |
| jamónscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | 0 |
| chorizo | protein | salt 3 fat 3 umami 3 heat 2 chewy juicy | −7 |
| quesoscored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +4 |
| lechugascored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| jitomatescored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +11 |
| aguacatescored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +9 |
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
- Chicken + Avocado: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.18 short).
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