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# #17 Ham and Cheese Croissant at Roadees Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe-17-ham-and-cheese-croissant/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:16:16.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:16:16.000Z
- Description: Ham, cheese on croissant. Sandwich Score 51, solid. At Roadees Cafe, Brentwood.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Roadees Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/brentwood-roadees-cafe/), a sandwich shop in Brentwood, California.

CroissantCheese (generic)HamCroissant

**51**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +21.

Uncharted, 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

72

Harmony

83

Contrast

50

Structure

84

Focus

100

Composition

32

Quality

100

Envelope

91

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.

**croissant**, served cold: ham; cheese.

## Balance

salt3.0 · 90thacid0.4 · 42ndfat3.4 · 89thsweet0.8 · 84thumami2.8 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 3.0   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 42nd               |
| fat    | 3.4   | 89th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 84th               |
| umami  | 2.8   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**73** 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    |
| -------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | --------- |
| croissant                        | bread   | fat 3 sweet 2 flaky crispy             | the frame |
| ham                              | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+6**    |
| cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey | **+5**    |

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

- **Croissant + Ham**: ham on a buttery croissant, the cafe standard

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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.