A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +20.
Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
More bitter 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.
dark rye, served cold: bacon; cream cheese; sprouts; red onion; tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.3 | 63rd |
| acid | 0.6 | 55th |
| fat | 2.4 | 58th |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 1.5 | 52nd |
| heat | 0.1 | 53rd |
| bitter | 0.5 | 90th |
91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| dark ryescored as Rye Bread | bread | bitter 2 soft crusty | the frame |
| bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +4 |
| cream cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | −2 |
| sprouts | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | +1 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +10 |
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
- Bacon + Tomato: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
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