A sandwich at Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +18.
Leans toward a hot chicken sandwich, three of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More acid than 90% of the catalog.
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.
brioche bun, served cold: fried chicken breast; homemade macaco drizzle; pickles; slaw.
Worth a look: house-made: NEW:Macaco Drizzle; ingredient not in the pantry: Macaco Drizzle.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 82nd |
| acid | 2.0 | 90th |
| fat | 1.4 | 21st |
| sweet | 0.7 | 78th |
| umami | 1.0 | 28th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| fried chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +20 |
| homemade macaco drizzle | not scored | ||
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +11 |
| slawscored as Coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +3 |
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 + Pickle (cucumber): fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
- Chicken + Coleslaw: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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