A sandwich at Pop's Deli & Grill, a deli in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +24.
Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
french roll, toasted: chicken; avocado; sweet red onion; sprouts; tomato.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.4 | 17th |
| acid | 0.4 | 39th |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.2 | 60th |
71 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 | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | +9 |
| avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | +8 |
| sweet red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
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 + Avocado: california logic: green fat on a lean bird
- Avocado + Sprouts: california crunch on green fat
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