A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +17.
Reads as a fully realized egg and cheese, 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)
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.
grilled sourdough, toasted: two eggs; monterey jack cheese; cheddar cheese; full slab of ham.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.3 | 38th |
| fat | 2.9 | 77th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 2.4 | 89th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
78 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| grilled sourdoughscored as Sourdough | bread | soft chewy crusty | the frame |
| two eggsscored as Egg | protein | fat 3 umami 2 soft creamy springy | +17 |
| monterey jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | −1 |
| cheddar cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty | +2 |
| full slab of hamscored as Ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | −4 |
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
- Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- Egg + Cheddar Cheese: cheddar melts into soft egg, diner law
- Monterey Jack + Cheddar Cheese: sharp and mild, the taco-shop blend
How to raise it
- Judged as an egg and cheese: richness is not held against it.
- Between you and 90: a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch) (0.33 short).
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