A sandwich at The Farmhand, a deli in Guerneville, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +14.
Reads as a fully realized roast beef, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
costeaux bakery soft roll, served cold: house smoked tri tip (house-made); cheddar cheese; caramelized onions; mayonnaise; arugula.
Worth a look: house-made: Tri-Tip.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 61st |
| acid | 0.7 | 59th |
| fat | 2.8 | 73rd |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 84th |
89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| costeaux bakery soft rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| house smoked tri tip (house-made)scored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +22 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +18 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | +5 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +2 |
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +19 |
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 + Cheddar Cheese: the cheeseburger pair: sharp on seared beef
- Beef + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Beef + Arugula: tagliata logic: pepper leaf on seared beef
- Cheddar Cheese + Caramelized Onion: sweet allium under sharp cheddar
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.04 short).
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