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# Tofu at Cay Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/fremont-cay-cafe-tofu/
- Published: 2026-10-10T23:19:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-10T23:19:34.000Z
- Description: Fried tofu flavored with lemongrass, house-made mayo, cilantro, jalapenos, pickled daikon and carrot on banh mi. Sandwich Score 72, very good. 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.

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**72**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +13.

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

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

63

Harmony

92

Contrast

86

Structure

89

Focus

79

Composition

95

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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: fried tofu flavored with lemongrass; house-made mayo; cilantro; jalapenos; pickled daikon and carrot.

Worth a look: rare in the Bay Area (5 or fewer shops): Lemongrass.

## Balance

salt0.3 · 11thacid0.7 · 58thfat1.9 · 38thsweet0.1 · 23rdumami0.5 · 14thheat0.3 · 77thbitter0.4 · 87th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.3   | 11th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 58th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 38th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 23rd               |
| umami  | 0.5   | 14th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 77th               |
| bitter | 0.4   | 87th               |

**63** 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 |
| fried tofu flavored with lemongrassscored as Tofu    | protein  | fat 2 soft silky           | **+3**    |
| house-made mayoscored as Lemongrass                  | aromatic |                            | **+1**    |
| cilantroscored as Mayonnaise                         | sauce    | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy  | **+13**   |
| jalapenosscored as Cilantro                          | aromatic | bitter 2 soft fresh herbal | **+1**    |
| pickled daikon and carrotscored as Jalapeño          | texture  | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw   | **+6**    |

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

- **Cilantro + Jalapeño**: banh mi brightwork: green heat and herb

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.17 short).

[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.