A sandwich at The Farmhand, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +11.
Reads as a fully realized veggie panini, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
−4 pressed the fresh layers flat
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.
sourdough, pressed: kalamata olive tapenade; tomato; fresh mozzarella (high tier); red onion; roasted red peppers; arugula.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 38th |
| acid | 0.7 | 59th |
| fat | 1.1 | 15th |
| sweet | 0.7 | 77th |
| umami | 0.8 | 22nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 52nd |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
81 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| kalamata olive tapenadescored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +13 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
| fresh mozzarella (high tier) | protein | fat 3 soft creamy melty | +27 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +12 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | −6 |
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
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Tomato: olive brine against sweet acid
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Fresh Mozzarella: olive brine against milky cheese
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Onion: brine and raw bite, the antipasto pair
- Tomato + Fresh Mozzarella: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
- Fresh Mozzarella + Roasted Red Pepper: roasted pepper and mozzarella, the antipasto pair
- Onion + Roasted Red Pepper: peppers and onions, the griddle pair
How to raise it
- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).
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