A sandwich at The Parish Cafe, a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.
More salt 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.
Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich), served cold: black forest ham; provolone cheese; mayo; lettuce; tomato; pickles.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.2 | 90th |
| acid | 1.5 | 90th |
| fat | 2.1 | 48th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 1.8 | 63rd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 38th |
98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baguette (inferred from the kind of sandwich) | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| black forest hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +17 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +1 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +12 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +22 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +22 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | +7 |
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
- Ham + Pickle (cucumber): the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork
- 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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