A sandwich at Troubadour Bread & Bistro, a sandwich shop in Healdsburg, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Reads as a turkey sandwich, five of six roles, most 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: turkey; pesto; provolone; fresh picked herbs; gem lettuce; lemon jus.
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: ingredient not in the pantry: Mixed Herbs, Lemon Jus.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 65th |
| acid | 0.0 | n/a |
| fat | 2.1 | 46th |
| sweet | 0.0 | n/a |
| umami | 1.8 | 66th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 79th |
70 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 |
| turkey | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender | −4 |
| pesto | sauce | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy | −3 |
| provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +8 |
| fresh picked herbs | not scored | ||
| gem lettucescored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +15 |
| lemon jus | 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.
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