A sandwich at North Park Deli, a deli in Concord, California.
out of 100 · solid
Solid, with one move worth +21.
Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.
Holding the summit: balance 0.80 or better
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.
hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place), served cold: italian dry salami; mortadella (high tier); bologna; american cheese (low tier); swiss cheese; lettuce; tomatoes.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 2.5 | 90th |
| acid | 0.1 | 28th |
| fat | 3.1 | 83rd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 54th |
| umami | 2.4 | 89th |
| heat | 0.0 | n/a |
| bitter | 0.0 | 37th |
75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hoagie roll (inferred from the kind of place) | bread | soft crusty | the frame |
| italian dry salamiscored as Salami | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky | +6 |
| mortadella (high tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft silky tender | −5 |
| bolognascored as Bologna (baloney) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 soft springy tender | −5 |
| american cheese (low tier) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | −2 |
| swiss cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty | −6 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +7 |
| tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +9 |
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
- Bologna (baloney) + American Cheese: bologna and american on white, the lunchbox
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