A wrap at Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches, a sandwich shop in Gilroy, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +10.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a 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.
spinach tortilla, served cold: fried chicken breast; macaco drizzle or slawz sauce; cherry tomatoes; parmesan; slaw; spring mix.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Macaco Spicy Chicken Sandwiches's typical score.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Macaco Drizzle.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.7 | 80th |
| acid | 0.6 | 54th |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 2.3 | 86th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spinach tortillascored as Tortilla | bread | soft | the frame |
| fried chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +4 |
| macaco drizzle or slawz sauce | not scored | ||
| cherry tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
| parmesan | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty | +3 |
| slawscored as Coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +8 |
| spring mix | 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
- Chicken + Coleslaw: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
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