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# Chicken Salad Sandwich at El Tiny Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe-chicken-salad-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:22:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:26:06.000Z
- Description: Homemade chicken salad mixed with mayonnaise, crisp lettuce, fresh cucumber on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 44, rough. At El Tiny Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [El Tiny Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-el-tiny-cafe/), a cafe in Berkeley, California.

Bread (generic)CucumberLettuceChicken SaladBread (generic)

**44**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +37.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

71

Harmony

44

Contrast

73

Structure

82

Focus

100

Composition

34

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.

**bread not stated**, served cold: homemade chicken salad mixed with mayonnaise (house-made); crisp lettuce; fresh cucumber.

Worth a look: house-made: Chicken Salad.

## Balance

salt0.8 · 46thacid0.4 · 43rdfat1.3 · 18thsweet0.0umami1.3 · 39thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 53rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.8   | 46th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 43rd               |
| fat    | 1.3   | 18th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 1.3   | 39th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 53rd               |

**71** 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  |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ------- |
| homemade chicken salad mixed with mayonnaise (house-made)scored as Chicken Salad | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | **+18** |
| crisp lettucescored as Lettuce                                                   | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **0**   |
| fresh cucumberscored as Cucumber                                                 | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−4**  |

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.

## 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.