A sandwich at Jersey Joe's Coastside, a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · excellent
Excellent. Small moves left on the board.
A tuna salad sandwich buried under extra layers; five of six roles.
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.
hoagie roll, served cold: housemade albacore tuna salad (house-made); shredded lettuce (low tier); ripe tomatoes; fresh red onions; olive oil; red wine vinegar; oregano; peppers.
Worth a look: house-made: Tuna Salad.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.5 | 20th |
| acid | 1.5 | 87th |
| fat | 1.6 | 28th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 38th |
| umami | 1.0 | 30th |
| heat | 0.2 | 70th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 80th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| housemade albacore tuna salad (house-made)scored as Tuna Salad | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy soft | +14 |
| shredded lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +6 |
| ripe tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +7 |
| fresh red onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| olive oil | fat | fat 5 silky smooth | +1 |
| red wine vinegarscored as Vinegar | acid | acid 5 wet | +4 |
| oregano | aromatic | bitter 2 powdery | +1 |
| peppersscored as Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | 0 |
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
- Tuna Salad + Lettuce: cool crunch under rich tuna salad
- Tuna Salad + Tomato: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair
- Lettuce + Vinegar: dressed shredded lettuce, the sub shop way
- Tomato + Vinegar: vinegar on tomato, salad logic
- Tomato + Oregano: oregano on tomato, the pizzeria default
- Onion + Vinegar: raw onion in vinegar, the quick pickle
- Onion + Pepper (bell/hot): peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Vinegar + Oregano: oregano in the vinegar, italian dressing
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