A sandwich at Troubadour Bread & Bistro, a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · rough
Rough, with one move worth +19.
A grilled cheese with layers outside the form; three of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More sweet 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, served cold: rosemary ham; cultured butter; brie; honey.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 49th |
| acid | 0.3 | 36th |
| fat | 2.9 | 78th |
| sweet | 1.3 | 90th |
| umami | 1.2 | 36th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
65 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 | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| rosemary ham | not scored | ||
| cultured butterscored as Butter | fat | fat 5 creamy silky | +3 |
| brie | protein | fat 5 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft melty | +1 |
| honey | sauce | sweet 5 silky saucy | −19 |
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
- Baguette + Butter: the paris standard: sweet butter on crackling crust
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