A sandwich at Diablo Foods, a corner store in Lafayette, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
More acid 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.
sliced sourdough, toasted: honey ham; cheddar; lettuce; tomatoes; mayo; mustard.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 74th |
| acid | 1.8 | 90th |
| fat | 2.2 | 51st |
| sweet | 0.2 | 24th |
| umami | 1.5 | 48th |
| heat | 0.5 | 83rd |
| bitter | 0.3 | 77th |
98 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sliced sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| honey ham | not scored | ||
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +17 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +17 |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | 0 |
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
- Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- Cheddar Cheese + Tomato: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair
- Cheddar Cheese + Mustard: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard
- Tomato + Mayonnaise: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.
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