A sandwich at Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill, a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.
A club with layers outside the form; five of six roles.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
brioche bun, toasted: grilled chicken breast; bacon; lettuce; tomato; chipotle sauce; choice of cheese.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill's typical score.
Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Chipotle Sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 81st |
| acid | 0.5 | 46th |
| fat | 2.7 | 70th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 35th |
| umami | 2.4 | 88th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 40th |
87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brioche bunscored as Brioche | bread | fat 2 soft | the frame |
| grilled chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +1 |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +20 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +20 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +26 |
| chipotle sauce | not scored | ||
| choice of cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −1 |
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 + Bacon: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- Bacon + Lettuce: cool crunch against hot smoke
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.00 short).
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