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# Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich at Moonside Bakery & Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-moonside-bakery-and-cafe-teriyaki-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:22:14.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:22:14.000Z
- Description: Wood-fired chicken breast, sauteed red onion, red bell pepper, jack cheese, avocado on focaccia pocket. Sandwich Score 50, solid. 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.

FocacciaAvocadoMonterey JackBell PepperOnionFocaccia

**50**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +21.

Uncharted, four of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

60

Harmony

58

Contrast

71

Structure

88

Focus

96

Composition

34

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.

**focaccia pocket**, served cold: wood-fired chicken breast; sauteed red onion; red bell pepper; jack cheese; avocado.

## Balance

salt0.7 · 41stacid0.1 · 25thfat2.2 · 52ndsweet0.4 · 45thumami1.0 · 28thheat0.1 · 53rdbitter0.1 · 44th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.7   | 41st               |
| acid   | 0.1   | 25th               |
| fat    | 2.2   | 52nd               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 45th               |
| umami  | 1.0   | 28th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 53rd               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 44th               |

**60** 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     |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| focaccia pocketscored as Focaccia    | bread   | soft crusty                            | the frame  |
| wood-fired chicken breast            |         |                                        | not scored |
| sauteed red onionscored as Onion     | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh            | **+2**     |
| red bell pepperscored as Bell Pepper | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                    | **0**      |
| jack cheesescored as Monterey Jack   | protein | fat 3 salt 2 umami 2 soft creamy melty | **+3**     |
| avocado                              | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                | **0**      |

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 + Bell Pepper**: peppers and onions, the griddle pair

[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.