A sandwich at Gambino's New York Subs, a sandwich shop in San Francisco, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +22.
A veggie panini with layers outside the form; 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), served cold: chicken; basil; balsamic vinaigrette; provolone cheese; roasted red peppers.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 0.7 | 36th |
| acid | 1.0 | 71st |
| fat | 1.1 | 16th |
| sweet | 0.9 | 89th |
| umami | 1.7 | 60th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.3 | 77th |
90 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 |
| chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | −12 |
| basil | aromatic | fresh herbal soft | +6 |
| balsamic vinaigrettescored as Balsamic (vinegar, glaze) | acid | acid 4 sweet 3 wet saucy | +8 |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +16 |
| roasted red peppersscored as Roasted Red Pepper | bulk | sweet 2 soft silky wet | +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.
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