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Hot Pastrami Sandwich at La Bodeguita Panino

Hot pastrami, provolone cheese, mayonnaise on ciabatta bread. Sandwich Score 51, solid. At La Bodeguita Panino, Guerneville.

A sandwich at La Bodeguita Panino, a sandwich shop in Guerneville, California.

CiabattaMayonnaiseProvolonePastramiCiabatta
51
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +14.

Uncharted, three of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
86
Harmony
55
Contrast
73
Structure
86
Focus
100
Composition
30
Quality
100
Envelope
100

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.

ciabatta bread, toasted: hot pastrami; provolone cheese; mayonnaise.

Balance

salt2.0 · 89thacid0.8 · 63rdfat3.1 · 82ndsweet0.0umami2.3 · 86thheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt2.089th
acid0.863rd
fat3.182nd
sweet0.0n/a
umami2.386th
heat0.374th
bitter0.0n/a

90 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
ciabatta breadscored as Ciabattabreadsoft chewy crustythe frame
hot pastramiscored as Pastramiproteinsalt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender+3
provolone cheesescored as Provoloneproteinfat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty+6
mayonnaisesaucefat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy+2

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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