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# Lmg. Chicken at Kim's Cafe & Sandwiches
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-kim-s-cafe-and-sandwiches-lmg-chicken/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:36:08.000Z
- Description: Lemongrass chicken, carrots & daikon pickle, english cucumber, cilantro, jalapeno, homemade aioli on sweet baguette. Sandwich Score 78, excellent. 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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**78**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +13.

Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** a focused, restrained build

Balance

84

Harmony

95

Contrast

99

Structure

88

Focus

68

Composition

95

Quality

100

Envelope

97

Less umami than almost everything in 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.

**sweet baguette**, served cold: lemongrass chicken; carrots & daikon pickle; english cucumber; cilantro; jalapeno; homemade aioli (house-made).

Worth a look: house-made: Aioli.

## Balance

salt0.8 · 44thacid1.7 · 90thfat1.2 · 18thsweet0.7 · 78thumami0.2 · 5thheat0.3 · 76thbitter0.3 · 76th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.8   | 44th               |
| acid   | 1.7   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.2   | 18th               |
| sweet  | 0.7   | 78th               |
| umami  | 0.2   | 5th                |
| heat   | 0.3   | 76th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 76th               |

**84** 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  |
| lemongrass chicken                                                 |          |                                           | not scored |
| carrots & daikon picklescored as Đồ Chua (pickled daikon + carrot) | acid     | acid 5 salt 2 sweet 2 crunchy pickled wet | **+16**    |
| english cucumberscored as Cucumber                                 | bulk     | crunchy juicy fresh                       | **−1**     |
| cilantro                                                           | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal                | **+1**     |
| jalapenoscored as Jalapeño                                         | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                  | **0**      |
| homemade aioli (house-made)scored as Aioli                         | sauce    | fat 5 creamy silky saucy                  | **+19**    |

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: a focused, restrained build (0.07 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.