A sandwich at Louies Lasagna, a restaurant in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +23.
Leans toward a cheesesteak, four 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.
roll w garlic butter, served cold: thin slice marinated beef; sauteed peppers; sauteed onions; garlic butter.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Garlic Butter.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 21st |
| acid | 0.3 | 35th |
| fat | 1.4 | 23rd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 54th |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.6 | 89th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 75th |
64 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| roll w garlic butterscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| thin slice marinated beefscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +25 |
| sauteed peppersscored as Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | +3 |
| sauteed onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +10 |
| garlic butter | not scored |
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
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Pepper (bell/hot) + Onion: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
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