A sandwich at Perry's Delicatessen, a deli in Inverness, California.
out of 100 · outstanding
Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.
A roast beef with layers outside the form; six of six roles.
More acid 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: house smoked pastrami (house-made, high tier); house-cooked tri-tip; mayonnaise; mustard; lettuce; pickle; tomato; red onion.
Worth a look: house-made: Pastrami.
Balance
| Axis | Value | Catalog percentile |
|---|---|---|
| salt | 1.9 | 86th |
| acid | 1.9 | 90th |
| fat | 1.7 | 32nd |
| sweet | 0.4 | 45th |
| umami | 1.6 | 56th |
| heat | 0.5 | 85th |
| bitter | 0.2 | 70th |
99 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 |
| house smoked pastrami (house-made, high tier)scored as Pastrami | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | 0 |
| house-cooked tri-tipscored as Beef | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender | +8 |
| mayonnaise | sauce | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy | 0 |
| mustard | sauce | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth | +3 |
| lettuce | texture | crunchy juicy fresh | +3 |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled | 0 |
| tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | +6 |
| red onionscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh | 0 |
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
- Pastrami + Mustard: deli law: sharp mustard against cured beef
- Beef + Mustard: roast beef and mustard, deli logic
- Beef + Pickle (cucumber): pickle brine against rich beef
- Beef + Onion: onions sweeten seared beef, philly style
- Mayonnaise + Tomato: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
How to raise it
- Outstanding, not legendary: the menu does not name its bread.
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