A sandwich at Pop's Deli & Grill, a deli in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Reads as a fully realized chicken pesto sandwich, three of six roles on the board.
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.
french roll, toasted: chicken breast; provolone cheese; pesto sauce.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 69th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.5 | 65th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 2.3 | 85th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 72nd |
68 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 |
| chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +15 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +14 |
| pesto saucescored as Pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | +12 |
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
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