A sandwich at Gambino's New York Subs, a sandwich shop in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
Reads as a fully realized italian panino sandwich, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.
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: prosciutto (high tier); fresh mozzarella (high tier); basil; balsamic vinaigrette.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 64th |
| acid | 1.0 | 71st |
| fat | 1.5 | 27th |
| sweet | 0.8 | 83rd |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.4 | 82nd |
94 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 |
| prosciutto (high tier) | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 silky chewy tender | +20 |
| fresh mozzarella (high tier) | protein | fat 3 soft creamy melty | +27 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +7 |
| balsamic vinaigrettescored as Balsamic (vinegar, glaze) | acid | acid 4 sweet 3 wet saucy | +23 |
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
- Prosciutto + Fresh Mozzarella: salt ham on milky cheese, the panino's spine
- Fresh Mozzarella + Basil: basil perfume over milky mozzarella
- Fresh Mozzarella + Balsamic (vinegar, glaze): dark acid against milky cheese
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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