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# BBQ Pork at Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-kim-s-cafe-and-sandwiches-bbq-pork/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:36:32.000Z
- Description: Bbq pork, carrots, daikon, cilantro, jalapeno, cucumber, aioli on sweet baguette. Sandwich Score 71, very good. At Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches, Albany.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches](https://onesandwich.com/albany-kim-s-cafe-and-sandwiches/), a bánh mì shop in Albany, California.

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**71**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +19.

A banh mi with layers outside the form; five of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

62

Harmony

87

Contrast

74

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

98

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**sweet baguette**, toasted: bbq pork; carrots; daikon; cilantro; jalapeno; cucumber; aioli.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Daikon.

## Balance

salt0.5 · 21stacid0.3 · 36thfat2.1 · 49thsweet0.5 · 57thumami1.2 · 38thheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.3 · 73rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.5   | 21st               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 36th               |
| fat    | 2.1   | 49th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 57th               |
| umami  | 1.2   | 38th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 73rd               |

**63** 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     |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- |
| sweet baguettescored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread    | crispy soft flaky                | the frame  |
| bbq porkscored as Pork                                      | protein  | fat 4 umami 4 juicy chewy tender | **+9**     |
| carrotsscored as Carrot                                     | texture  | crunchy fresh raw                | **0**      |
| daikon                                                      |          |                                  | not scored |
| cilantro                                                    | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal       | **+5**     |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño                                  | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw         | **+6**     |
| cucumber                                                    | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh              | **+3**     |
| aioli                                                       | sauce    | fat 5 creamy silky saucy         | **+5**     |

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

- **Cilantro + Jalapeño**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.18 short).

[All the sandwiches at Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches](https://onesandwich.com/albany-kim-s-cafe-and-sandwiches/) · [The menu this was read from](https://kimscafevietnamese.com/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.