A sandwich at New Jersey's Restaurant, a sandwich shop in Campbell, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Leans toward a croque monsieur, two of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)
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.
rye, toasted: ham; swiss cheese.
Balance
| 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 | 0.4 | 85th |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ryescored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +7 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +24 |
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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