by Casual Observer » Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:39 am
Ok, I finally tried this overhyped thing and here's my brief review. Pls to be letting me know what y'all think (yeah, y'all's a southernism in recognition of Popeyes). After months of hype and seeing how it "sold out" after a couple of weeks and then was re-released a month later, I waited for the lines to wither a bit and decided to give it a try.
I live a block away from a Popeyes (yeah, it's a BLACK suburb) so I've been watching the line. Almost every day for a couple weeks the drive through line has been all the way out of the parking lot into the Walmart lot. Last Thursday I thought fuck-it I'll wait in the inside line which was actually about 20 people deep winding out of the doors. That day after waiting 5 minutes and chatting with folks in the line I decided no way I was waiting longer and left. BTW, I joked with folks in the line that I would keep waiting if it was for the MicRib and NOBODY knew what I was talking about - SAD.
Finally, on Saturday I found there to be not much of a line and so went for it. First, they don't really allow any special instructions which was almost a huge problem. My wife won't accept any mayonnaise on a sandwich and so I had to fight for them to not put that on her sandwich. They wouldn't agree to not putting pickles on her sandwich but that's fairly easy to fix in the car so ok.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the hype is about. Yeah, it's a real breast of chicken, barely processed. In fact, of the two sandwiches we bought, they looked completely different. It's clear that they are battering and frying up real breasts of chicken so that's a positive. KFC's sandwich is kind of cheating by using their same chicken tenders that they sell in a box so not really a chicken breast sandwich. I'll give Popeyes props for not doing the processed shit that they use at McD, Wendys, and BK.
My main issue with the Popeyes chicken sandwich is it doesn't use their spicy batter. Popeys, of the two chicken chains is the one that mostly has spicy batter (except for the Main St. Rochester NY KFC which is the only one I've found it at) but the sandwich is battered with their regular batter. I guess it's only the bun and the mayo that is spicy which was a disappointment. Why bother with spicy mayo and bread and not use the spicy batter that you already have???
Overall, it was ok. The chicken on my 'wich was a bit too thick for my taste. I'm not sure why it's worth the wait and certainly don't think it's worth getting stabbed or stabbing someone over.
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Ok, I finally tried this overhyped thing and here's my brief review. Pls to be letting me know what y'all think (yeah, y'all's a southernism in recognition of Popeyes). After months of hype and seeing how it "sold out" after a couple of weeks and then was re-released a month later, I waited for the lines to wither a bit and decided to give it a try.
I live a block away from a Popeyes (yeah, it's a BLACK suburb) so I've been watching the line. Almost every day for a couple weeks the drive through line has been all the way out of the parking lot into the Walmart lot. Last Thursday I thought fuck-it I'll wait in the inside line which was actually about 20 people deep winding out of the doors. That day after waiting 5 minutes and chatting with folks in the line I decided no way I was waiting longer and left. BTW, I joked with folks in the line that I would keep waiting if it was for the MicRib and NOBODY knew what I was talking about - SAD.
Finally, on Saturday I found there to be not much of a line and so went for it. First, they don't really allow any special instructions which was almost a huge problem. My wife won't accept any mayonnaise on a sandwich and so I had to fight for them to not put that on her sandwich. They wouldn't agree to not putting pickles on her sandwich but that's fairly easy to fix in the car so ok.
Frankly, I'm not sure what the hype is about. Yeah, it's a real breast of chicken, barely processed. In fact, of the two sandwiches we bought, they looked completely different. It's clear that they are battering and frying up real breasts of chicken so that's a positive. KFC's sandwich is kind of cheating by using their same chicken tenders that they sell in a box so not really a chicken breast sandwich. I'll give Popeyes props for not doing the processed shit that they use at McD, Wendys, and BK.
My main issue with the Popeyes chicken sandwich is it doesn't use their spicy batter. Popeys, of the two chicken chains is the one that mostly has spicy batter (except for the Main St. Rochester NY KFC which is the only one I've found it at) but the sandwich is battered with their regular batter. I guess it's only the bun and the mayo that is spicy which was a disappointment. Why bother with spicy mayo and bread and not use the spicy batter that you already have???
Overall, it was ok. The chicken on my 'wich was a bit too thick for my taste. I'm not sure why it's worth the wait and certainly don't think it's worth getting stabbed or stabbing someone over.