A sandwich at Jersey Joe's Coastside, a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +25.
Leans toward a pulled pork sandwich, three of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
kaiser roll, served cold: beer-braised pulled pork; house-made coleslaw (house-made).
Worth a look: house-made: Coleslaw.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.8 | 43rd |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 2.5 | 63rd |
| sweet | 0.8 | 82nd |
| umami | 1.9 | 68th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
88 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaiser roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| beer-braised pulled porkscored as Pork | protein | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | +18 |
| house-made coleslaw (house-made)scored as Coleslaw | bulk | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed | +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
- Pork + Coleslaw: pulled pork wants slaw's cold vinegar snap
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