A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, six of six roles, half the layers have no 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.
Acme rustic baguette, toasted: confit pork (house-made); duck liver mousse (house-made); lemongrass aioli (house-made); spicy pickled veggies (house-made); French butter pear; mint.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 69th |
| acid | 1.2 | 79th |
| fat | 2.8 | 73rd |
| sweet | 0.8 | 82nd |
| umami | 1.8 | 65th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 75th |
96 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acme rustic baguette (high tier)scored as Baguette | bread | crispy soft flaky | the frame |
| confit pork (house-made)scored as Pork | protein | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | +3 |
| duck liver mousse (house-made)scored as Pâté (pork liver) | protein | fat 5 umami 4 salt 3 creamy silky | +4 |
| lemongrass aioli (house-made)scored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −4 |
| spicy pickled veggies (house-made)scored as Đồ Chua (pickled daikon + carrot) | acid | acid 5 salt 2 sweet 2 crunchy pickled wet | +18 |
| French butter pearscored as Pear | garnish | sweet 3 juicy soft fresh | −3 |
| mint | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +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
- Pork + Đồ Chua (pickled daikon + carrot): rich pork wants the pickle's sharp edge
- Pâté (pork liver) + Đồ Chua (pickled daikon + carrot): banh mi law: pickled crunch on rich pate
- Đồ Chua (pickled daikon + carrot) + Mint: mint lifts a pickled crunch, the vietnamese herb plate
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