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# Chicken Salad at Oceanview Diner
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-oceanview-diner-chicken-salad/
- Published: 2026-10-06T23:09:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:09:49.000Z
- Description: Chicken salad on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 76, excellent. At Oceanview Diner, Berkeley.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Oceanview Diner](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-oceanview-diner/), a restaurant in Berkeley, California.

Hoagie RollMustardMayonnaiseTomatoLettuceChicken SaladHoagie Roll

**76**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +14.

A club with layers outside the form; six of six roles.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

98

Harmony

84

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

66

Quality

100

Envelope

99

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.

**hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one)**, served cold: chicken salad; *lettuce*; *tomato*; *mayonnaise*; *mustard*.

In italics: what the name implies and the menu does not list.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Oceanview Diner's typical score.

## Balance

salt1.3 · 64thacid1.6 · 90thfat1.9 · 40thsweet0.2 · 24thumami1.5 · 48thheat0.5 · 83rdbitter0.3 · 77th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.3   | 64th               |
| acid   | 1.6   | 90th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 40th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 48th               |
| heat   | 0.5   | 83rd               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 77th               |

**98** 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    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| hoagie roll (the menu offers a choice of bread; scored on this one) | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame |
| chicken salad                                                       | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | **−2**    |
| lettuce                                                             | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+14**   |
| tomato                                                              | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+16**   |
| mayonnaise                                                          | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+14**   |
| mustard                                                             | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−12**   |

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

- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.14 short).

[All the sandwiches at Oceanview Diner](https://onesandwich.com/berkeley-oceanview-diner/) · [The menu this was read from](https://www.oceanviewdiner.com/diner-menu?location=Oceanview+Diner&menu=lunch&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.