A sandwich at Pop's Deli & Grill, a deli in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +23.
Uncharted, six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More umami 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.
french roll, served cold: sliced chicken breast; romaine lettuce; tomato; shredded parmesan cheese; caesar dressing (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.7 | 57th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.1 | 23rd |
| umami | 2.7 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 41st |
92 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| sliced chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
| romaine lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +5 |
| shredded parmesan cheesescored as Parmesan | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 powdery melty | −2 |
| caesar dressing (low tier) | sauce | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 acid 2 creamy saucy | +2 |
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.
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