A sandwich at Moonside Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +12.
Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
−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.
wood-fired focaccia pocket, pressed: roasted shredded chicken; tomato; feta cheese; fresh basil; red onion; wild baby arugula; house-made pesto spread (house-made).
Worth a look: house-made: Pesto.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 73rd |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 31st |
| umami | 1.6 | 55th |
| heat | 0.1 | 48th |
| bitter | 0.6 | 90th |
90 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| wood-fired focaccia pocketscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| roasted shredded chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +1 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +5 |
| feta cheesescored as Feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | −1 |
| fresh basilscored as Basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | 0 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| wild baby arugulascored as Arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | −1 |
| house-made pesto spread (house-made)scored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +3 |
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
- Chicken + Pesto: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine
- Tomato + Basil: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
How to raise it
- Clear the board: pressed the fresh layers flat (-4).
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