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# "I Don't Surf The Maverick" Chicken Sandwich at Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-old-princeton-landing-public-house-and-grill-i-don-t-surf-the-maverick-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-13T14:22:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T14:22:27.000Z
- Description: Grilled chicken breast, bacon, lettuce, tomato, chipotle sauce, choice of cheese on brioche bun. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. At Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill, Half Moon Bay.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-old-princeton-landing-public-house-and-grill/), a restaurant in Half Moon Bay, California.

BriocheCheese (generic)TomatoLettuceBaconChickenBrioche

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding. Small moves left on the board.

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

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

Balance

80

Harmony

90

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

99

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.

**brioche bun**, toasted: grilled chicken breast; bacon; lettuce; tomato; chipotle sauce; choice of cheese.

Much of this build is inferred from the name; the score is a reading, and it stays out of Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill's typical score.

Worth a look: ingredient not in the pantry: Chipotle Sauce.

## Balance

salt1.8 · 81stacid0.5 · 46thfat2.7 · 70thsweet0.3 · 35thumami2.4 · 88thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 40th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.8   | 81st               |
| acid   | 0.5   | 46th               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 70th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 35th               |
| umami  | 2.4   | 88th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 40th               |

**87** 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     |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| brioche bunscored as Brioche               | bread   | fat 2 soft                              | the frame  |
| grilled chicken breastscored as Chicken    | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **+1**     |
| bacon                                      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+20**    |
| lettuce                                    | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+20**    |
| tomato                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+26**    |
| chipotle sauce                             |         |                                         | not scored |
| choice of cheesescored as Cheese (generic) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 creamy soft gooey  | **−1**     |

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

- **Chicken + Bacon**: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: balance 0.80 or better (0.00 short).

[All the sandwiches at Old Princeton Landing Public House and Grill](https://onesandwich.com/half-moon-bay-old-princeton-landing-public-house-and-grill/) · [The menu this was read from](https://oplhmb.com/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.