Posts Tagged ‘dry’
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, March 20th, 2008
Price: $2.79; paid – $3.50
Promotion: 2 Fish for $3.50
Location: 6261 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL 60659 (map); phone: (773) 588-1976
Rating: 2 out of 5 – forgettable
Picture this: you’re sitting in a favored restaurant on a night out, free to spend a bit because that’s what you’re there to do. Sounds pretty good so far, huh? Well, what started out so promisingly begins to head downhill almost immediately. You know things are looking bad when you’re already thinking about what else you could be doing (or, in this case, eating) while you’re still sitting in said restaurant. That was the story with the BK Big Fish I had tonight. I even had two — on sale — to make sure my first impressions weren’t misguided. Unfortunately, attempting to improve this lug is not a smart investment to make.
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Tags: Big Fish, BK, breading, bun, Burger King, corn-dusted, crisp, dry, filet, Firefox, fish, forgettable, hot, hot sauce, IE, lettuce, Louisiana, microwave, my way, review, sauce, spicy, tartar
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
Price: $2.39; paid – $0.00 (optional caramel dip – $0.49+)
Promotion: Free Pretzel Day
Location: Lincolnwood Town Center, 3333 W. Touhy Ave., Lincolnwood, IL 60712 (map); phone: (847) 329-8250
Rating: 2 out of 5 – forgettable
Wet snow was no obstacle in reaching the ground-floor Auntie Anne’s at the local mall, but a ten-minute wait in line before the four-o’clock promotion deadline did provide some drama (as to whether I would receive my free pretzel or not). In the end, Free Pretzel Day lived up to its billing, but my impressions of the Original left me sadly unsatisfied.
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Tags: Auntie Anne's, caramel, chewy, dip, dry, forgettable, free, Free Pretzel Day, Lincolnwood Town Center, line, mall, Original, pretzel, Pretzel Dog, promotion, review, salty, sauce, snow, soft, sweetness, wait, warm
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