A sandwich at El Charrito Market, a corner store in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
Reads as a torta sandwich, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
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.
pan telera, toasted: jamón; chorizo; pollo; lechuga; tomate; aguacate.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 80th |
| acid | 0.2 | 30th |
| fat | 2.5 | 62nd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 52nd |
| umami | 2.3 | 86th |
| heat | 0.4 | 80th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pan telerascored as Telera Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| jamónscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −5 |
| chorizo | protein | salt 3 fat 3 umami 3 heat 2 chewy juicy | −3 |
| polloscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +2 |
| lechugascored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| tomatescored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
| 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
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