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# Pork Roll & Pate at Cay Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fremont-cay-cafe-pork-roll-and-pate/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:19:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:19:31.000Z
- Description: Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll), Pâté (pork liver), Mayonnaise, Cilantro, Jalapeño on banh mi. Sandwich Score 84, excellent. At Cay Cafe, Fremont.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Cay Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/fremont-cay-cafe/), a bánh mì shop in Fremont, California.

Bánh Mì Baguette (r…JalapeñoCilantroMayonnaisePâté (pork liver)Chả Lụa (Vietnamese…Bánh Mì Baguette (r…

**84**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a banh mi, five of six roles on the board.

Balance

84

Harmony

100

Contrast

88

Structure

89

Focus

90

Composition

95

Quality

100

Envelope

99

More bitter 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.

**banh mi**, served cold: Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll); Pâté (pork liver); Mayonnaise; Cilantro; Jalapeño.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 78thacid0.5 · 49thfat2.8 · 74thsweet0.4 · 46thumami2.2 · 82ndheat0.3 · 74thbitter0.5 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 78th               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 49th               |
| fat    | 2.8   | 74th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 46th               |
| umami  | 2.2   | 82nd               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 74th               |
| bitter | 0.5   | 90th               |

**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    |
| ---------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------- | --------- |
| banh miscored as Bánh Mì Baguette (rice-flour blend) | bread    | crispy soft flaky                        | the frame |
| Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll)                       | protein  | umami 4 salt 3 fat 2 springy soft tender | **0**     |
| Pâté (pork liver)                                    | protein  | fat 5 umami 4 salt 3 creamy silky        | **−1**    |
| Mayonnaise                                           | sauce    | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy                | **+11**   |
| Cilantro                                             | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal               | **+3**    |
| Jalapeño                                             | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                 | **+10**   |

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

- **Chả Lụa (Vietnamese pork roll) + Pâté (pork liver)**: the dac biet's pork roll and liver, one charcuterie
- **Pâté (pork liver) + Cilantro**: cilantro over rich pate, the banh mi finish
- **Cilantro + Jalapeño**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb

## How to raise it

- Outstanding, not legendary: nothing on this sandwich is house-made, named or exceptional.

[All the sandwiches at Cay Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/fremont-cay-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://cay.us/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.