A sandwich at La Bodeguita Panino, a sandwich shop in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +24.
Leans toward a roast beef, four of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−4 pressed the fresh layers flat
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 (inferred from the kind of place), pressed: grilled ribeye steak; caramelized onions; sautéed mushrooms; fresh mozzarella cheese (high tier); arugula; homemade aioli (house-made).
Worth a look: house-made: Aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 43rd |
| acid | 0.3 | 37th |
| fat | 2.5 | 65th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 1.5 | 48th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 84th |
72 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 (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| grilled ribeye steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +10 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +4 |
| sautéed mushrooms | not scored | ||
| fresh mozzarella cheese (high tier)scored as Fresh Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft creamy melty | −4 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +4 |
| homemade aioli (house-made)scored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky 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.
Pairings
- Beef + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Beef + Arugula: tagliata logic: pepper leaf on seared beef
- Beef + Aioli: garlic aioli on roast beef
How to raise it
- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).
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