A sandwich at Glen Ellen Village Market, a corner store in Glen Ellen, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
An italian sub with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: salami; mortadella (high tier); black olives; pepperoncini; provolone cheese; mayo; mustard; lettuce; tomato; pickle; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.2 | 90th |
| acid | 1.8 | 90th |
| fat | 1.9 | 39th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 1.6 | 55th |
| heat | 0.4 | 79th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | −2 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −8 |
| black olives | not scored | ||
| pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −13 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −7 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | −11 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | −16 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −4 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −3 |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −17 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −4 |
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
- Salami + Pepperoncini: hot pickled peppers cut fatty salami
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Salami + Mustard: hot mustard against fatty salami
- Mortadella + Pepperoncini: pickled pepper bite against soft spiced pork
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.26 short).
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