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The Bergeron at Dolores Deluxe

Crab rangoon salad, pluot-chili relish, kohlrabi-scallion slaw, bang bang sauce, fried wontons on Acme green onion slab. Sandwich Score 45, rough. At Dolores Deluxe, San Francisco.

A sandwich at Dolores Deluxe, a corner store in San Francisco, California.

FocacciaPotato ChipsSrirachaColeslawChutneyCrabFocaccia
45
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +12.

Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.

Holding the summit: a finished composition

Balance
86
Harmony
41
Contrast
93
Structure
96
Focus
100
Composition
41
Quality
100
Envelope
82

−8 heat past the catalog

More sweet 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: crab rangoon salad (house-made); pluot-chili relish (house-made); kohlrabi-scallion slaw (house-made); bang bang sauce (house-made); fried wontons.

Balance

salt1.7 · 78thacid1.4 · 83rdfat0.9 · 11thsweet1.5 · 90thumami0.9 · 27thheat1.1 · 90thbitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.778th
acid1.483rd
fat0.911th
sweet1.590th
umami0.927th
heat1.190th
bitter0.0n/a

86 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

LayerRoleFlavor and texturePoints
Acme green onion slab (high tier)scored as Focacciabreadsoft crustythe frame
crab rangoon salad (house-made)scored as Crabproteinumami 3 salt 2 juicy tender+4
pluot-chili relish (house-made)scored as Chutneysaucesweet 4 acid 3 soft saucy+3
kohlrabi-scallion slaw (house-made)scored as Coleslawbulkacid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed+1
bang bang sauce (house-made)scored as Srirachasauceheat 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy−12
fried wontonsscored as Potato Chipstexturesalt 4 fat 3 crunchy crispy+7

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.

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