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# Ham & Swiss at Waterfront Deli - Alameda
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-waterfront-deli-alameda-ham-and-swiss/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:07:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:40:11.000Z
- Description: Ham, swiss on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 45, rough. At Waterfront Deli - Alameda, Alameda.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Waterfront Deli - Alameda](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-waterfront-deli-alameda/), a deli in Alameda, California.

Bread (generic)Swiss CheeseHamBread (generic)

**45**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +19.

Leans toward a croque monsieur, two of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

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

Balance

68

Harmony

91

Contrast

18

Structure

82

Focus

100

Composition

26

Quality

100

Envelope

95

More salt 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.

**choice of bread**, served cold: ham; swiss.

## Balance

salt2.4 · 90thacid0.0fat2.4 · 60thsweet0.4 · 50thumami2.8 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.4   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| fat    | 2.4   | 60th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 50th               |
| umami  | 2.8   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/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

| Layer                       | Role    | Flavor and texture                     | Points    |
| --------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| choice of bread             | bread   | soft                                   | the frame |
| ham                         | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+7**    |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+8**    |

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

- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.