A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +19.
A veggie panini buried under extra layers; four of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More salt 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.
Acme green onion slab, toasted: smoked ham; crispy pepperoni; black Beldi olives; smoked mozzarella; Deluxe tomato bolognese (house-made); charred poblanos; roasted portobello.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.2 | 90th |
| acid | 0.6 | 54th |
| fat | 2.1 | 47th |
| sweet | 0.7 | 78th |
| umami | 2.3 | 85th |
| heat | 0.3 | 77th |
| bitter | 0.1 | 48th |
95 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 green onion slab (high tier)scored as Focaccia | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| smoked hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −7 |
| crispy pepperoniscored as Pepperoni | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 heat 2 chewy tender | +9 |
| black Beldi olivesscored as Olives (olive salad, tapenade) | texture | salt 4 fat 3 bitter 2 chewy brined | +6 |
| smoked mozzarellascored as Mozzarella | protein | fat 3 soft springy melty | +13 |
| Deluxe tomato bolognese (house-made)scored as Marinara | sauce | acid 3 umami 3 salt 2 sweet 2 soft saucy wet | +21 |
| charred poblanosscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | 0 |
| roasted portobelloscored as Mushroom | bulk | umami 2 soft springy juicy | −8 |
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
- Pepperoni + Olives (olive salad, tapenade): pizza law: cured heat and brine
- Pepperoni + Mozzarella: pizza law: pepperoni under the melt
- Pepperoni + Marinara: pizza law: pepperoni in the red sauce
- Olives (olive salad, tapenade) + Mozzarella: olive brine against milky cheese
- Mozzarella + Roasted Red Pepper: roasted pepper and mozzarella, the antipasto pair
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.21 short).
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