Posts Tagged ‘hot’
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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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
Price: $1.99; paid – $0.99
Promotion: an expiring coupon from the White Castle web site
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 4 out of 5 – good
My experiences with White Castle sides haven’t been all that encouraging in the past, but people can let bygones be bygones when they’re hungry (and sitting on a coupon that’s about to expire). So what happened here? Not only were these chicken rings from White Castle hot and fresh outta the fryer, but they compared nicely to McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets in taste and texture, if not in overall shape. In fact, I was so busy gobbling ‘em up and taking pics that I didn’t bother to check ‘n’ see whether I got six rings or not with my order. Regardless of how many I got, they were all pretty good.
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Tags: barbecue, bygones, chicken, coupons, fresh, fryer, good, hot, McNuggets, promotion, review, rings, rounded, sauce, shape, sides, taste, texture, White Castle
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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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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Price: $1.39
Availability: the Midwest, New York, and New Jersey (locate)
Location: 5940 N. Ridge Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 (map); phone: (773) 271-9638
Rating: 3 out of 5 – acceptable
If there’s one thing that White Castle seems to get right with me, it’s that — even late at night — my fried food is always pipin’ hot and fresh outta the fryer. The regular French fries I reviewed a while back might been a little too regular for their own good, but I did at least get them blazing hot. Now is this deep-fried outcome preferable to the time-tested steam-grilled method employed with the WC’s signature Slyders? Hard to say. All I know is that this fish was hot (and cheap) enough to try again, even if it wouldn’t readily be my first choice.
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