A sandwich at The Parish Cafe, a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +28.
Reads as a fully realized muffuletta, two of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
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.
foccaia roll, toasted: the parish cafe olive salad (high tier); ham; salami; mortadella (high tier); provolone; mozzarella cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.7 | 90th |
| acid | 0.1 | 23rd |
| fat | 3.2 | 84th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 25th |
| umami | 2.6 | 90th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.1 | 49th |
67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| foccaia rollscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| the parish cafe olive salad (high tier)scored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +6 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +3 |
| salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +14 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −5 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| mozzarella cheesescored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +1 |
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
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Salami: muffuletta logic: cured pork and brine
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Mozzarella: olive brine against milky cheese
- Ham + Salami: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- Salami + Provolone: italian sub spine: salami and provolone
- Provolone + Mozzarella: the pizzeria blend: stretch and sharpness
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