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So after reviewing nothing but dessert
options it's finally time to get down to the meal reviews. Meals that we
promised you to be under 10$ (15$ if necessary) Trust me somewhere out
there, there are great meals under $10 where you actually either get a lot or a
decent amount of food.
Now let's go to our meal of the day. KFC's
$5 fill ups.
KFC is perhaps the most random fast food
restaurant I may have ever come across. Think about it.. who else would be that
crazy to deep fry two chicken filets then in the middle of the two insert
bacon, cheese and what seems to be thousand island sauce and name it the Double Down. Another example is their mock of the Big Mac just replacing the beef
with chicken. Oh let's not forget that epic Double Down hot dog. Jesus Christ.
Before I start this review I'm going to say
it's been a while since I've been to KFC because ever since Popeyes came in my
life my family converted to those Louisiana spices. Sorry Colonel.
Let's begin!
The 5$ fill up, 5.99$ in some places like
Yorkdale or Eaton centre has different versions of it. The only difference
between the 4 is the main portion of it. Options include: 1 pc Rib, 1
drumstick 1 thigh, popcorn chicken and the chicken bowl.
The rest of the fill ups remain the same:
- Fries or
mash potatoes
- Buttery
bread
- Chocolate chip cookie
- Medium Drink
For the sake of the review I ended up going
with the popcorn chicken box.
Where do I even start? The meal comes in
KFC's traditional box that ditches the old school red and white for a
"fresh" design. Touting the fact that it's quality chicken, made with
REAL ingredients. You notice that all these fast food places are now saying
their food is made with real ingredients? Makes me wonder what the hell we were
eating in the 90s.
The food itself if we're talking looks just
looks absolutely lifeless.
It looked drained. Unappealing and just
straight up boring.
I started off with the fries which in
itself weren't that great. They weren't hot, more like lukewarm. Nothing about
it screamed freshly made. Lacked salt (blessing in disguise maybe?). Through
taste it was just telling me "bruh I was just chillin in the warmer."
Moving onto the actual popcorn chicken. I've already
started to feel the first stages of regret. I had to keep reminding myself
that "it was only $5.85" Cheap or not this was inexcusable, KFC is
known for chicken however the chicken tasted like garbage. The popcorn was a
little warmer than the fries. Nothing about it stood out at all. It basically
tasted like something that came out the oven, cooled down and then proceeded to
be microwaved again. Not even dunking the entire popcorn in the honey mustard
sauce could saved it's dryness. Which makes me think this whole box might of actually
been chilling in a warmer.
Now it's the bread's turn. The bread isn't
toasted. It's soft. Marshmallow soft. Chewy. Again barely hot. Buttered on both
sides so it wouldn't dry out I'm guessing. Speaking of butter, would you
believe me if I said that that was the best part about this excuse for bread.
Yup, the butter. Is that a reason to go eat the crappy bread just for the
butter? No. If you want to do that just go to your local supermarket, go to the
dairy section, pick up a tub of butter, go home, grab a spoon and enjoy.
Oh yeah, there's a cookie. That's another
odd trend that's hit fast food places, McDonald's, Wendy's, KFC all started
carrying cookies around the same time. McDonalds and Wendy's kinda make sense
since they have coffee and they combo it with that but for KFC it makes no
sense. They don't really carry coffee. Maybe it's a dessert option? I guess
it's a prize for finishing that odd meal and making you feel better for wasting
that $5. Genius marketing really.
Anyway the cookie was soft. However it
wasn't really moist like the way soft cookies are meant to be. The chocolate
chips looked lighter than usual, possibly from suffocating in that red package.
My Publishing Books professor bakes better than this. (they are actually great
cookies SUP ERIN!)
Overall
I'm baffled. If you were in dire emergency
and only had $6 I guess go for it. Remember this is just the popcorn chicken
review, there are other options and if you do want to try it I suggest going to the
"upper scale" KFCS like the Yorkdale and Eaton centre which I'm
guessing and slightly stereotyping that it will be better.
In my honest option though I would rather
this than going for a Tuesday Special. You actually get more bang for your
buck.
Again that's if you ever need to go to KFC.
Otherwise go elsewhere for your chicken needs.
5.5/10
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