A sandwich at Cafe Society, a cafe in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent, with one move worth +9.
Reads as a fully realized caprese, five of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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.
ciabatta roll, toasted: basil; pesto; fresh mozzarella (high tier); tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 53rd |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.1 | 49th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 27th |
| umami | 1.2 | 37th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 86th |
80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +3 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +3 |
| fresh mozzarella (high tier) | protein | fat 3 soft creamy melty | +27 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +27 |
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
- Basil + Fresh Mozzarella: basil perfume over milky mozzarella
- Basil + Tomato: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
- Fresh Mozzarella + Tomato: caprese core: milky against sweet acid
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