A sandwich at Inverness Park Market, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized falafel pita, six of six roles on the board.
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.
pita (inferred from the name), served cold: house-made falafel (house-made, high tier); roma tomatoes; white onion; cucumber; shredded lettuce (low tier); house-made hummus (house-made); tzatziki sauce.
Worth a look: house-made: Falafel; Hummus.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.9 | 47th |
| acid | 0.8 | 63rd |
| fat | 1.6 | 28th |
| sweet | 0.3 | 32nd |
| umami | 1.0 | 30th |
| heat | 0.3 | 72nd |
| bitter | 0.1 | 53rd |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| pita (inferred from the name) | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| house-made falafel (house-made, high tier)scored as Falafel | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 crunchy crispy fried | +10 |
| roma tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +2 |
| white onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| shredded lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −1 |
| house-made hummus (house-made)scored as Hummus | sauce | fat 3 creamy | +2 |
| tzatziki saucescored as Tzatziki | sauce | acid 3 fat 2 creamy saucy | +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.
Pairings
- Falafel + Hummus: falafel on hummus, the pita standard
- Cucumber + Hummus: cool crunch over nutty hummus
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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