For whatever reason my daughter wanted Burger King yesterday so I ordered the bbq chicken sandwich. (Pretty much because of this chicken sandwich thread) So all I can say is by halfway through I really had buyers remorse and threw away the last 25% of the sandwich. Also as a side note their french fries really sucked too, don’t remember them being this bad, did they change?
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Agree the fries are the worst of the big three by far. The only chicken that is tolerable there is the actual original chicken sandwich
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That’s what my daughter got and I scoffed at her for not being more adventurous. Jokes on me!!
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What about fish sandwiches from the fast food places? Saw a tv commercial today that compared a filet-o-fish with arby’s fish sandwich - for that once-a year-craving for a fast food fish sandwich, where should it come from?
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I’m not a big fish/seafood person myself so my only fast food fish experience has been the filet o fish at McDonald’s. So as they say you gotta go with what ya’ know!
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We started discussing fish sandwiches here…
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The Arby’s fish is ok. As those things go.
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It looks like Wendy’s discontinued the Spicy Bacon Jalapeño Chicken sandwich & replaced it with the Spicy Jalapeño Popper Sandwich. I tried it twice & was very disappointed. Too much cheese sauce! To add insult to injury, no napkins were put in my bag at the drive-thru.
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So the other day, Justin brought back two of the new spicy chicken sandwiches from McDonald’s for us to try. I looked at them like, “What the hell are we doing with those?” since I’m not really a fast food fan at all. But let me say this: I know they have revamped their chicken sandwiches to get in on the “Fried Chicken Wars” (Chick Fil-A, Popeye’s, etc). I don’t know what this sandwich was like previously, but it was damn good! The chicken was so large it hung out all sides of the bun. It was actual chicken, not a processed patty. The bun was decent, there was plenty of sauce, and said sauce actually had a spicy kick to it. I wouldn’t rush back to have another, but I was impressed.
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These reports from the field are much appreciated. 
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After my BK chicken debacle I’m not participating in this challenge anymore.
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If they had actually called it that on the menu board, it would have saved you some trouble. 
I guess if they did name it that, some employees would end up saying “de BAKE uhl” or “DEB uh klee”. BK’s carefully constructed fackayde would come crashing down.
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Back at KFC for more spicy sandwiches today. The sandwiches are good and cheap, so why not?
Whatever anyone thinks about their sandwich, KFC’s fries are super saturated with salt. Inedible.
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So I had an appointment around lunch time and my colleague and I were discussing lunch and this thread came up. I encouraged my colleague to try the chicken sandwich and I tried the spicy/Cajun (or some crap) chicken fingers.
First I took one bite of these chicken finger things and like my J&AJ vaccine I was one and done!! One bite that is, the chicken would have been better without whatever ridiculous sauce they saturated, yes saturated as in soaked thru the box, the chicken in. Horrible.
The chicken sandwich got far higher grades and said to be very similar to the CFL sandwich.
Actually the best part of both of them (I didn’t try the sandwich) was the biscuit. The biscuit was pretty good, not as good as a Mc Donald’s or my all time favorite Biscuitville, but good enough.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!!
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After these reports I tried the KFC spicy sandwich last week and was unimpressed. Maybe it had been sitting around too long, but in any case it wasn’t very crispy, and I didn’t care for the chicken quality either. So yesterday I had Popeye’s version again (first time in almost a year) and it was as great as ever – quality chicken, crispy breading, good sauce. I might try the McD version at some point, but I’m in no rush.
As for Popeye’s flounder sandwich, I tried that last week and didn’t think much of it – I remember BK’s Big Fish as being better, although it’s been quite a while. Next I suppose I’ll try the (new?) JITB version made with cod.
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The Halal Spot on rt 18
Address: 1447 NJ-18, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
Makes a really good fried chicken sandwich, called the Chicken Zinger, and makes a spicy one called the Flaming Zinger.
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Interesting. My office is a stones throw from there but I’ve never been. I like the Attilio’s in the same plaza. I’ll have to give thee Halal Spot a try soon, I’m glad they have been able to hang in there. The place that occupied the space before them, after Subway, seemed a bit sketch to me. lol
(I tried to negotiate a deal with the landlord who actually owns the liquor license for the store there, to do a joint venture between the liquor store and myself for a casual Italian place serving booze. I wasn’t able to put the deal together.)
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howdy- how long have you been back? Hoping your trip back in the day was as great as it sounded! miss your posts on out of the way spots up north.
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Hey, I’ve been back for a bit, since around last August. Trip was great until the whole pandemic haha.
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I got the KFC spicy chicken sandwich the other day and I thought it was really good. Better than Popeye’s and definitely better than Wendy’s.
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