A sandwich at Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +14.
Leans toward a chicken parm, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
More umami 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; pesto sauce; parmesan cheese; sun-dried tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.2 | 33rd |
| fat | 2.7 | 70th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 48th |
| umami | 2.7 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| fried chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +1 |
| pesto saucescored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +5 |
| parmesan cheesescored as Parmesan | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty | −3 |
| sun-dried tomatoesscored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +7 |
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 + Pesto: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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