A sandwich at Gambino's New York Subs, a sandwich shop in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +13.
Uncharted, four 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.
hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), toasted: grilled chicken; custom house cheese blend; grilled onions; peppers.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 64th |
| acid | 0.5 | 49th |
| fat | 1.9 | 41st |
| sweet | 0.3 | 38th |
| umami | 2.0 | 76th |
| heat | 0.4 | 80th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 63rd |
84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| grilled chickenscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | 0 |
| custom house cheese blendscored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | +7 |
| grilled onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +5 |
| peppersscored as Pepper (bell/hot) | texture | heat 3 crunchy juicy | +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
- Onion + Pepper (bell/hot): peppers and onions, the griddle pair
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