A sandwich at Gambino's New York Subs, a sandwich shop in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
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: pastrami; swiss cheese; shredded lettuce (low tier); tomato; onion.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 83rd |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 1.8 | 35th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 2.4 | 88th |
| heat | 0.4 | 79th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 61st |
95 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 |
| pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +7 |
| shredded lettuce (low tier)scored as Lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +9 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +15 |
| onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | −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.
Pairings
- Pastrami + Swiss Cheese: melted swiss rounds peppered beef
How to raise it
- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.19 short).
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