Posts Tagged ‘bun’
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Price: $3.49
Location: 6321 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-8282
Rating: 4 out of 5 – good
After the blander Southern Style Chicken from McDonald’s last week, going to Popeyes seemed the right thing to do to satisfy my hunger on a late afternoon. I wasn’t going for the standard assortment of fried chicken, however, as I had another chicken sandwich in mind, this time the Chicken Deluxe… done up spicy like. (Of course, you could order this filet mild, but you’re not getting the full Popeyes experience if you go that route.)
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Tags: bun, chicken, deluxe, dry, dryness, filet, good, juiciness, meat, Popeyes, review, sandwich, spicy, temperature
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Price: $2.89; paid – $1.39
Promotion: free chicken with drink-purchase deal
Location: 6900 N. Western, Chicago, IL 60645 (map); phone: (773) 274-6151
Rating: 2 out of 5 – forgettable
McDonald’s other all-white meat addition to its menu was supposed to be better than its crumbling biscuit counterpart (at least in my mind), but it managed to fall short while regularly listing for a dollar more than its breakfast-based brother. So how’d this somewhat larger sandwich manage that? Surprisingly, by not making itself more memorable with a crazy crumbly bun. The Southern Style Chicken Sandwich is simply bland and perfectly fits the description of forgettable.
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Tags: all-white, bland, bun, Chicago, chicken, dry, forgettable, lonely, McDonald's, meat, pickles, plain, promotion, review, Ronald, sandwich, southern, spongy, style
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Price: $1.89; paid – $1.39
Promotion: free chicken with drink-purchase deal
Availability: breakfast hours
Location: 6900 N. Western, Chicago, IL 60645 (map); phone: (773) 274-6151
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
My nearly all-McDonald’s day started off with a late breakfast of fountain drinks and a new breakfast offering called the Southern Style Chicken Biscuit, whose main claim to fame is the inclusion of all-white meat in a biscuit bun. Didn’t really expect a lot going in to this combo promo, but the chicken wasn’t half bad. What annoyed me was how crumbly the biscuit halves holding the chicken were; the edges kept falling to pieces on me.
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Tags: acceptable, biscuit, breakfast, bun, carb, chicken, crumbling, crumbly, McDonald's, meat, promotion, review, sandwich, southern, style, white meat
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Price: $4.29
Availability: 11 A.M. – 5 P.M., Mon. – Sat.; call to be sure
Location: 1724 S. River Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60018 (map); phone: (847) 699-8590
Rating: 5 out of 5 – great
Status: independent
Judging by the regular restaurant hours listed above, you can see how this decidedly non-chain establishment doesn’t really cater to the dinner crowd. Reports seem to indicate lines out the door on Saturdays, so the 5-10 minutes I might wait on any given weekday to make an order might appear quite reasonable in comparison. If the time (and fuel spent) driving out to this northwest suburb from the city only makes a trip out to River Road that much more doubtful, take heart: the Char Cheddar Burger at Paradise Pup is destination dining for this Snob, and it’s well worth your money.
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Tags: 1/3, bun, burgers, char, cheddar, cheese, cheeseburgers, Chicago, des plaines, Evanston, gooey, great, grilled, independent, medium, non-chain, onions, Paradise Pup, review, Skokie
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Price: $0.73; paid – $0.69
Promotion: 69¢ cheeseburgers
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 5 out of 5 – great
Referenced repeatedly in the past, it’s high time we finally gave this baby a review. Obviously, I’m a big fan, as a visit to White Castle rarely passes without one of these sub-dollar sandwiches passing through my gullet. And what’s not to love about this perfect combination of meat, grilled onions, spongy soft buns, and jalapeno cheese? Contrary to the picture on the web site, the cheese we see here’s some variation on Swiss or provolone. Whatever it is, it plain works better than regular American, especially with the spicy burn at the back end (uh, of the throat) that makes it all worthwhile. This is the cheeseburger you should order when you’re at White Castle.
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Tags: American, back end, bun, burn, buzz, cheese, cheeseburgers, great, grilled, heartburn, hot, jalapeno, meat, onions, perfect, promotion, provolone, review, soft, spicy, spongy, stomach, sub-dollar, Swiss, throat, trip, White Castle
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