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# Yellow Submarine at Diablo Foods
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/lafayette-diablo-foods-yellow-submarine/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:33:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:33:34.000Z
- Description: Ham, roast beef, turkey, swiss, american, the works on sourdough roll. Sandwich Score 54, solid. At Diablo Foods, Lafayette.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Diablo Foods](https://onesandwich.com/lafayette-diablo-foods/), a corner store in Lafayette, California.

SourdoughAmerican CheeseSwiss CheeseTurkeyBeefHamSourdough

**54**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +20.

Uncharted, two of six roles on the board.

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

Balance

65

Harmony

96

Contrast

50

Structure

88

Focus

71

Composition

45

Quality

88

Envelope

100

More umami 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.

**sourdough roll**, served cold: ham; roast beef; turkey; swiss; american (low tier); the works.

## Balance

salt2.0 · 88thacid0.1 · 25thfat2.5 · 65thsweet0.4 · 46thumami2.5 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.0   | 88th               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 25th               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 65th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 46th               |
| umami  | 2.5   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**70** 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     |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sourdough rollscored as Sourdough            | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame  |
| ham                                          | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender  | **0**      |
| roast beefscored as Beef                     | protein | fat 3 umami 3 juicy chewy tender        | **+3**     |
| turkey                                       | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **−1**     |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese                  | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+9**     |
| american (low tier)scored as American Cheese | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 2 gooey creamy melty | **+1**     |
| the works                                    |         |                                         | not scored |

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 + American Cheese**: grilled cheese law: melted cheese, tangy crust
- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- **Beef + Swiss Cheese**: roast beef and swiss, the deli melt
- **Beef + American Cheese**: cheesesteak law: melted american on beef
- **Turkey + Swiss Cheese**: turkey and swiss, the deli default

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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.