A sandwich at Drewish Deli - Healdsburg Bagel, a deli in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +15.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a 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.
hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: house made pastrami; swiss cheese; grilled onion; pickled red beet cabbage; tomato aioli.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Drewish Deli - Healdsburg Bagel's typical score.
Worth a look: house-made: Pastrami; ingredient not in the pantry: Pickled Beet Cabbage, Tomato Aioli.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.1 | 90th |
| acid | 0.5 | 46th |
| fat | 2.1 | 50th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 50th |
82 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 (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| house made pastramiscored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +7 |
| grilled onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| pickled red beet cabbage | not scored | ||
| tomato aioli | not scored |
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
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
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