A sandwich at Coffee Bazaar Cafe, a cafe in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +25.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
whole wheat bread, served cold: swiss cheese; lettuce; tomato; sundried tomatoes; cucumbers; onions; avocado; pesto.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 52nd |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 2.1 | 48th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 51st |
| umami | 1.6 | 54th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.4 | 84th |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| whole wheat bread | bread | soft | the frame |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +2 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +2 |
| sundried tomatoesscored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +1 |
| cucumbersscored as Cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | 0 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | −5 |
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.
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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