A sandwich at Korbel Delicatessen & Market, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; three of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More bitter 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), toasted: grilled beef tri-tip; chimichurri; caramelized onions; crumbled gorgonzola.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 68th |
| acid | 0.6 | 53rd |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 72nd |
| umami | 1.9 | 70th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.9 | 90th |
93 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 |
| grilled beef tri-tipscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +14 |
| chimichurri | sauce | acid 2 fat 2 saucy wet | +9 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +3 |
| crumbled gorgonzolascored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | +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.
Pairings
- Beef + Chimichurri: sharp green herb sauce against seared beef
- Beef + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Beef + Blue Cheese (gorgonzola): steakhouse pair: blue cheese on beef
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