A sandwich at Troubadour Bread & Bistro, a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +18.
Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a 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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: chicken salad; duke's mayo (high tier); pumpkin seed dukkah; shichimi; arugula.
Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Troubadour Bread & Bistro's typical score.
Worth a look: named producer: Mayonnaise; ingredient not in the pantry: Pumpkin Seed Dukkah, Shichimi Togarashi.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.0 | 52nd |
| acid | 0.9 | 67th |
| fat | 2.5 | 64th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.3 | 41st |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 85th |
87 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 kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| chicken salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | +6 |
| duke's mayo (high tier)scored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | +6 |
| pumpkin seed dukkah | not scored | ||
| shichimi | not scored | ||
| arugula | bulk | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender | +6 |
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.
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