A sandwich at Diablo Foods, a corner store in Lafayette, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +8.
Uncharted, six of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a focused, restrained build
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: lettuce; onions; tomatoes; pickles; peppers; sprouts; cucumbers; avocados; roasted red peppers; sunflower seeds; oil and vinegar; cheese.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 64th |
| acid | 1.6 | 90th |
| fat | 1.6 | 30th |
| sweet | 0.5 | 65th |
| umami | 0.8 | 24th |
| heat | 0.2 | 64th |
| bitter | 0.3 | 76th |
92 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 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −3 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | −3 |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | −8 |
| peppersscored as Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | −5 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | −7 |
| cucumbersscored as Cucumber | bulk | crunchy juicy fresh | −5 |
| avocadosscored as Avocado | fat | fat 4 creamy soft fresh | −8 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | −8 |
| sunflower seeds | not scored | ||
| oil and vinegarscored as Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar) | sauce | acid 4 fat 4 salt 2 saucy wet | +5 |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +2 |
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
- Lettuce + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): dressed greens, the sub shop way
- Onion + Pepper (bell/hot): peppers and onions, the griddle pair
- Onion + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): raw onion in vinegar, the quick pickle
- Tomato + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): vinaigrette on tomato, salad logic
- Pickle (cucumber) + Italian Vinaigrette (oil & vinegar): cucumber in vinegar, a pickle in progress
- Sprouts + Avocado: california crunch on green fat
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.10 short).
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