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# Fried Chicken Sandwich at Homemade Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe-fried-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:24:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:22:29.000Z
- Description: 6oz southern fried chicken thigh, lettuce, tomato, mayo, pickles, coleslaw, cajun aioli on grilled challah roll. Sandwich Score 89, outstanding. At Homemade Cafe, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Homemade Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-homemade-cafe/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

ChallahColeslawPickle (cucumber)MayonnaiseTomatoLettuceChickenChallah

**89**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Leans toward a hot chicken sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

93

Harmony

98

Contrast

96

Structure

100

Focus

90

Composition

91

Quality

100

Envelope

96

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.

**grilled challah roll**, toasted: 6oz southern fried chicken thigh; lettuce; tomato; mayo; pickles; coleslaw; cajun aioli.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Cajun Aioli.

## Balance

salt1.5 · 72ndacid1.9 · 90thfat1.8 · 35thsweet0.7 · 80thumami1.0 · 30thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 39th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.5   | 72nd               |
| acid   | 1.9   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.8   | 35th               |
| sweet  | 0.7   | 80th               |
| umami  | 1.0   | 30th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 39th               |

**93** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| grilled challah rollscored as Challah             | bread   | sweet 2 soft fluffy                     | the frame  |
| 6oz southern fried chicken thighscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **+28**    |
| lettuce                                           | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+17**    |
| tomato                                            | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+18**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                          | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+18**    |
| picklesscored as Pickle (cucumber)                | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled     | **+4**     |
| coleslaw                                          | bulk    | acid 2 fat 2 crunchy creamy dressed     | **−1**     |
| cajun aioli                                       |         |                                         | not scored |

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 + Pickle (cucumber)**: fried chicken's pickle law holds cold too
- **Chicken + Coleslaw**: cold crunch against crisp fried chicken
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

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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.