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# Grilled Ham & Cheddar at Holder's Country Inn Cupertino
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/cupertino-holder-s-country-inn-cupertino-grilled-ham-and-cheddar/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:09:35.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:09:35.000Z
- Description: Sliced smoked ham, jack, cheddar on grilled sourdough. Sandwich Score 53, solid. At Holder's Country Inn Cupertino, Cupertino.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Holder's Country Inn Cupertino](https://onesandwich.com/cupertino-holder-s-country-inn-cupertino/), a restaurant in Cupertino, California.

SourdoughCheddar CheeseMonterey JackHamSourdough

**53**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +27.

Uncharted, two of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition, a third role on the board (an acid, a sauce, an aroma or a crunch)

Balance

78

Harmony

80

Contrast

60

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

33

Quality

100

Envelope

96

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.

**grilled sourdough**, toasted: sliced smoked ham; jack; cheddar.

## Balance

salt2.6 · 90thacid0.4 · 43rdfat2.9 · 76thsweet0.3 · 37thumami2.6 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.6   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 43rd               |
| fat    | 2.9   | 76th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 37th               |
| umami  | 2.6   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**82** 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 |
| sliced smoked hamscored as Ham       | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **−7**    |
| jackscored as Monterey Jack          | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | **+2**    |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty  | **+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

- **Sourdough + Cheddar Cheese**: grilled cheese law: sharp cheese, tangy crust
- **Monterey Jack + Cheddar Cheese**: sharp and mild, the taco-shop blend

[All the sandwiches at Holder's Country Inn Cupertino](https://onesandwich.com/cupertino-holder-s-country-inn-cupertino/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.cupertinocountryinn.com/menu-2?menu=menu&ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.