A sandwich at Piknik Town Market, a cafe in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +19.
An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; four of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
−5 a wet layer on soft bread
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.
biscuit, served cold: bacon; sliced egg; caramelized onions; provolone; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 69th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 3.4 | 90th |
| sweet | 0.6 | 71st |
| umami | 2.1 | 81st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 52nd |
70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| biscuit (high tier)scored as Buttermilk Biscuit | bread | fat 3 soft flaky fluffy | the frame |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +4 |
| sliced eggscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +2 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | 0 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | 0 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −13 |
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
- Bacon + Egg: the breakfast contract: smoke and yolk
How to raise it
- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).
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