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# Moonside Chicken Sandwich at Moonside Bakery & Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-moonside-bakery-and-cafe-moonside-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:22:08.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:22:08.000Z
- Description: Grilled chicken breast, roasted red onions, tomato, lettuce, cheddar cheese on freshly baked sesame bun. Sandwich Score 82, excellent. At Moonside Bakery & Cafe, Half Moon Bay.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Moonside Bakery & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-moonside-bakery-and-cafe/), a bakery in Half Moon Bay, California.

Burger BunCheddar CheeseLettuceTomatoOnionChickenBurger Bun

**82**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

A burger with layers outside the form; five of six roles.

Balance

93

Harmony

85

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

95

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.

**freshly baked sesame bun**, served cold: grilled chicken breast; roasted red onions; tomato; lettuce; cheddar cheese.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 69thacid0.6 · 55thfat1.9 · 40thsweet0.6 · 76thumami2.1 · 80thheat0.1 · 53rdbitter0.2 · 60th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 69th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 55th               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 40th               |
| sweet  | 0.6   | 76th               |
| umami  | 2.1   | 80th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 53rd               |
| bitter | 0.2   | 60th               |

**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    |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| freshly baked sesame bunscored as Burger Bun | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| grilled chicken breastscored as Chicken      | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **−7**    |
| roasted red onionsscored as Onion            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+3**    |
| tomato                                       | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+27**   |
| lettuce                                      | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+20**   |
| cheddar cheese                               | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **+21**   |

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

- **Onion + Cheddar Cheese**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- **Tomato + Cheddar Cheese**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

[All the sandwiches at Moonside Bakery & Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-moonside-bakery-and-cafe/) · [The menu this was read from](https://moonsidebakery.com/food-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.