A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +25.
A chicken bacon melt with layers outside the form; three of six roles.
Holding the summit: a finished composition
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.
french roll, toasted: chicken breast; ham; melted swiss cheese; honey mustard (low tier).
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.0 | 88th |
| acid | 0.4 | 42nd |
| fat | 1.8 | 37th |
| sweet | 0.8 | 85th |
| umami | 2.5 | 89th |
| heat | 0.2 | 67th |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
79 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| chicken breastscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | −3 |
| ham | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | +5 |
| melted swiss cheesescored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | +3 |
| honey mustard (low tier) | sauce | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth | +13 |
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
- Chicken + Honey Mustard: honey mustard is chicken's dipping sauce
- Ham + Swiss Cheese: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- Ham + Honey Mustard: deli constant: hot mustard on cured pork
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