A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
Martin's potato roll, toasted: egg patty; Taylor ham (pork roll) (named producer); white American cheese; roasted poblanos; serrano-pepita aioli (house-made); tortilla chips (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.8 | 82nd |
| acid | 0.3 | 35th |
| fat | 3.0 | 80th |
| sweet | 0.8 | 83rd |
| umami | 1.8 | 64th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin's potato rollscored as Burger Bun | bread | sweet 2 soft springy | the frame |
| egg pattyscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +19 |
| Taylor ham (pork roll) (named producer)scored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +14 |
| white American cheesescored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | +16 |
| roasted poblanosscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +14 |
| serrano-pepita aioli (house-made)scored as Aioli | sauce | fat 5 creamy silky saucy | −1 |
| tortilla chips (low tier)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
- Egg + American Cheese: diner law: american melts into soft egg
- Egg + Roasted Red Pepper: pepper and egg, the chicago sandwich
How to raise it
- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.
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