A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +12.
A veggie panini with layers outside the form; six of six roles, few 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.
Acme focaccia garlic bread, toasted: caramelized eggplant; basil; fresh mozzarella (high tier); fontina; charred tomato arrabbiata (house-made); garlic-parm potato chips (house-made).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.4 | 68th |
| acid | 0.6 | 52nd |
| fat | 2.1 | 48th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 48th |
| umami | 1.7 | 60th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.2 | 66th |
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 focaccia garlic breadscored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| caramelized eggplantscored as Eggplant | bulk | umami 2 soft | +1 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +5 |
| fresh mozzarella (high tier) | protein | fat 3 soft creamy melty | +3 |
| fontina | protein | fat 4 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty gooey | +1 |
| charred tomato arrabbiata (house-made)scored as Marinara | sauce | acid 3 umami 3 salt 2 sweet 2 soft saucy wet | +7 |
| garlic-parm potato chips (house-made)scored as Potato Chips | texture | salt 4 fat 3 crunchy crispy | −1 |
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
- Basil + Fresh Mozzarella: basil perfume over milky mozzarella
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