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# Curry Chicken at Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-kim-s-cafe-and-sandwiches-curry-chicken/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:36:28.000Z
- Description: Chicken breast, yellow curry sauce, turmeric powder, oyster sauce, 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 +20.

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

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

Balance

61

Harmony

93

Contrast

74

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

95

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**, served cold: chicken breast; yellow curry sauce; turmeric powder; oyster sauce; carrots; daikon; cilantro; jalapeno; cucumber; aioli.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Yellow Curry Sauce, Turmeric, Oyster Sauce.

## Balance

salt0.5 · 21stacid0.3 · 36thfat1.6 · 30thsweet0.2 · 27thumami1.0 · 28thheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.3 · 73rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.5   | 21st               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 36th               |
| fat    | 1.6   | 30th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 27th               |
| umami  | 1.0   | 28th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 73rd               |

**61** 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  |
| chicken breastscored as Chicken                             | protein  | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender | **+10**    |
| yellow curry sauce                                          |          |                                  | not scored |
| turmeric powder                                             |          |                                  | not scored |
| oyster sauce                                                |          |                                  | not scored |
| carrotsscored as Carrot                                     | texture  | crunchy fresh raw                | **−1**     |
| daikon                                                      |          |                                  | not scored |
| cilantro                                                    | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal       | **0**      |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño                                  | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw         | **+2**     |
| cucumber                                                    | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh              | **−2**     |
| aioli                                                       | sauce    | fat 5 creamy silky saucy         | **+10**    |

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 + Jalapeño**: green heat wakes mild chicken
- **Chicken + Aioli**: garlic aioli on mild chicken
- **Cilantro + Jalapeño**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.19 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.