A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +19.
An egg and cheese with layers outside the form; three 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, toasted: shakshouka egg salad (house-made); crumbled Bulgarian feta; charred corno di toro peppers; pistachio dukkah (house-made).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 1.1 | 72nd |
| fat | 2.3 | 55th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 56th |
| umami | 1.4 | 47th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
91 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 (high tier)scored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| shakshouka egg salad (house-made)scored as Egg Salad | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +10 |
| crumbled Bulgarian fetascored as Feta | protein | salt 4 fat 3 acid 2 umami 2 creamy soft | +6 |
| charred corno di toro peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +8 |
| pistachio dukkah (house-made)scored as Pistachio | texture | fat 4 crunchy | −14 |
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
- Egg Salad + Roasted Red Pepper: pepper and egg, the chicago sandwich
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