A sandwich at Moonside Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More acid 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.
focaccia pocket, served cold: cucumber; olives; peperoncini; tomatoes; radishes; greens; feta; cilantro yogurt.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Moonside Bakery & Cafe's typical score.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cilantro Yogurt.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 1.8 | 90th |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 0.7 | 21st |
| heat | 0.3 | 76th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 67th |
91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| focaccia pocketscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| olivesscored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +6 |
| peperonciniscored as Pepperoncini | acid | acid 4 salt 2 pickled crunchy wet | −11 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −4 |
| radishesscored as Radish | texture | crunchy fresh | 0 |
| greens | not scored | ||
| feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +13 |
| cilantro yogurt | not scored |
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
- Cucumber + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): greek salad logic: brine and cool crunch
- Cucumber + Feta: salty brined cheese, cool water crunch
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Tomato: olive brine against sweet acid
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Feta: two brines that agree: feta and olive
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