A sandwich at Piknik Town Market, a cafe in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +31.
Uncharted, three of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More fat 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.
brioche, toasted: black forest ham; gouda; cheddar; caramelized onions; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.5 | 48th |
| fat | 3.5 | 90th |
| sweet | 1.0 | 90th |
| umami | 2.5 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 52nd |
74 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| black forest hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +4 |
| gouda | protein | fat 4 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | 0 |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +2 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +4 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −3 |
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
- Ham + Gouda: smoked gouda and ham, smoke on cure
- Gouda + Cheddar Cheese: sharp cheddar and smoky gouda, the smokehouse blend
- Cheddar Cheese + Caramelized Onion: sweet allium under sharp cheddar
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