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Five Points at Gambino's New York Subs

Turkey, ham, roast beef, provolone on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 54, solid. At Gambino's New York Subs, San Francisco.

Five Points at Gambino's New York Subs: an illustration of the sandwich.
Illustration, AI-generated

A sandwich at Gambino's New York Subs, a sandwich shop in San Francisco, California.

Hoagie RollProvoloneBeefHamTurkeyHoagie Roll
54
Sandwich Score
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +22.

Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.

Holding the summit: a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance
68
Harmony
87
Contrast
57
Structure
86
Focus
81
Composition
38
Quality
100
Envelope
99

More umami 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.

hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one), served cold: turkey; ham; roast beef; provolone.

Balance

salt1.8 · 81stacid0.0fat2.2 · 53rdsweet0.2 · 29thumami2.7 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0
Flavor axes
AxisValueCatalog percentile
salt1.881st
acid0.0n/a
fat2.253rd
sweet0.229th
umami2.790th
heat0.0n/a
bitter0.0n/a

68 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
hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one)breadsoft crustythe frame
turkeyproteinumami 2 soft juicy tender−3
hamproteinsalt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender−2
roast beefscored as Beefproteinfat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender+1
provoloneproteinfat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty+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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