A sandwich at Korbel Delicatessen & Market, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +15.
Uncharted, two of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
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), served cold: chicken almond salad; crumbled gorgonzola; red seedless grapes; organic spring greens.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Korbel Delicatessen & Market's typical score.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 2.8 | 74th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.4 | 88th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.8 | 90th |
76 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 |
| chicken almond saladscored as Chicken Salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | +3 |
| crumbled gorgonzolascored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | +4 |
| red seedless grapes | not scored | ||
| organic spring greens | 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.
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