A sandwich at Moonside Bakery & Cafe, a bakery in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +23.
Leans toward a veggie panini, four of six roles, few layers have a 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.
wood-baked focaccia pocket, served cold: sautéed portobello mushrooms; summer squash; roasted tomatoes; fresh basil; goat cheese.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Summer Squash.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.2 | 61st |
| acid | 1.4 | 85th |
| fat | 1.6 | 29th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 1.5 | 48th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 55th |
96 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-baked focaccia pocketscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| sautéed portobello mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +2 |
| summer squash | not scored | ||
| roasted tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +3 |
| fresh basilscored as Basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +4 |
| goat cheesescored as Goat Cheese (chèvre) | protein | fat 4 acid 3 salt 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +14 |
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
- Tomato + Basil: shared-compound classic: tomato and basil
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