A sandwich at Buffalo Bill's Brewery, a restaurant in Hayward, 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
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.
ciabatta, served cold: grilled chicken; pesto; sun-dried tomatoes; swiss cheese; lettuce; garlic aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 67th |
| acid | 0.4 | 40th |
| fat | 2.7 | 72nd |
| sweet | 0.2 | 26th |
| umami | 2.0 | 75th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
83 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ciabatta | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +2 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| sun-dried tomatoesscored as Sun-Dried Tomato | texture | umami 4 salt 3 acid 3 sweet 3 chewy soft | +6 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −2 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| garlic aioliscored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −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 + Pesto: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine
- Chicken + Aioli: garlic aioli on mild chicken
- Sun-Dried Tomato + Aioli: garlic aioli against sweet acid
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