A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · very good
Very good, with one move worth +22.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
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.
bagel, served cold: herbed cream cheese; tomatoes; two strips of bacon.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.5 | 73rd |
| acid | 0.7 | 57th |
| fat | 2.9 | 76th |
| sweet | 0.2 | 29th |
| umami | 1.8 | 62nd |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | n/a |
93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bagel | bread | soft chewy | the frame |
| herbed cream cheesescored as Cream Cheese | fat | fat 4 creamy silky smooth | +3 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +19 |
| two strips of baconscored as Bacon | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy | +8 |
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
- Bagel + Cream Cheese: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- Tomato + Bacon: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
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