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# Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-honey-mustard-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:05:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:41:23.000Z
- Description: Classic tenders, bacon, cheddar cheese, honey mustard, red onion, lettuce, tomato on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 86, outstanding. At Lola's Chicken Shack, Alameda.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Lola's Chicken Shack](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack/), a sandwich shop in Alameda, California.

Bread (generic)TomatoLettuceOnionHoney MustardCheddar CheeseBaconChickenBread (generic)

**86**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, with one move worth +9.

Reads as a fully realized chicken bacon melt, six of six roles on the board.

Balance

95

Harmony

99

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

90

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

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.

**choice of bread**, served cold: classic tenders; bacon; cheddar cheese; honey mustard (low tier); red onion; lettuce; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid0.8 · 60thfat1.9 · 39thsweet0.7 · 81stumami2.1 · 80thheat0.2 · 69thbitter0.1 · 51st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 79th               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 60th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 39th               |
| sweet  | 0.7   | 81st               |
| umami  | 2.1   | 80th               |
| heat   | 0.2   | 69th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 51st               |

**95** 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    |
| -------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| choice of bread                  | bread   | soft                                    | the frame |
| classic tendersscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **−1**    |
| bacon                            | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+1**    |
| cheddar cheese                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **−2**    |
| honey mustard (low tier)         | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth      | **+3**    |
| red onionscored as Onion         | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+1**    |
| lettuce                          | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **0**     |
| tomato                           | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+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

- **Chicken + Bacon**: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- **Chicken + Honey Mustard**: honey mustard is chicken's dipping sauce
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Bacon + Honey Mustard**: sweet mustard against smoke
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Cheddar Cheese + Honey Mustard**: ploughman's law: sharp cheese, sharp mustard
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

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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.