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# Chicken Salad at Picnic
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic-chicken-salad/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:35:51.000Z
- Description: Chicken Salad, Lemon, Onion, Pickle (cucumber), Arugula, Mustard on acme sweet baguette. Sandwich Score 60, solid. At Picnic, Albany.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Picnic](https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic/), a deli in Albany, California.

BaguetteMustardArugulaPickle (cucumber)OnionLemonChicken SaladBaguette

**60**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +21.

Uncharted, six of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

79

Harmony

87

Contrast

85

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

41

Quality

100

Envelope

85

More acid 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.

**acme sweet baguette**, served cold: Chicken Salad; Lemon; Onion; Pickle (cucumber); Arugula; Mustard.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 71stacid2.5 · 90thfat0.6 · 7thsweet0.5 · 62ndumami0.8 · 23rdheat0.4 · 80thbitter0.6 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 71st               |
| acid   | 2.5   | 90th               |
| fat    | 0.6   | 7th                |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 62nd               |
| umami  | 0.8   | 23rd               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 80th               |
| bitter | 0.6   | 90th               |

**79** 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    |
| ------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| acme sweet baguettescored as Baguette | bread   | crispy soft flaky                       | the frame |
| Chicken Salad                         | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | **+10**   |
| Lemon                                 | acid    | acid 4 juicy                            | **0**     |
| Onion                                 | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−1**    |
| Pickle (cucumber)                     | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+2**    |
| Arugula                               | bulk    | bitter 2 fresh leafy tender             | **+1**    |
| Mustard                               | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **0**     |

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 Salad + Pickle (cucumber)**: fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
- **Lemon + Arugula**: pepper leaf under bright citrus

[All the sandwiches at Picnic](https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.picnicrotisserie.com/weeklymenu?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.