A sandwich at Susie Q's Pizza, a restaurant in Hayward, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Leans toward a roast beef, six of six roles on the board.
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the name), toasted: beef hot link; philly steak; cheese; caramelized onions; mushrooms; sweet peppers; mayo; lettuce; tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.1 | 57th |
| acid | 0.7 | 60th |
| fat | 2.2 | 52nd |
| sweet | 0.6 | 74th |
| umami | 1.9 | 67th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 57th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the name) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| beef hot link | not scored | ||
| philly steakscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +20 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | −2 |
| caramelized onionsscored as Caramelized Onion | bulk | sweet 4 umami 3 fat 2 soft silky | −2 |
| mushroomsscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | +5 |
| sweet peppersscored as Bell Pepper | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +8 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +13 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +17 |
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
- Beef + Caramelized Onion: sweet onion jam on seared beef
- Beef + Mushroom: beef and mushroom, the steakhouse pair
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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