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I can barely contain my excitement right now I mean I am on I mean obviously you you can't see
but I am on the edge of my seat I can't wait to sink my remaining teeth into this chicken
sandwich I mean I think this is the most hyped up I have ever been for the single item ever
admittedly I can't help but laugh a little bit at that yes indeed that was a that was a joke
but it's it's not that that I'm I'm laughing at it's just funny to me uh because Burger King has
brought back an item now obviously they do that plenty of times but this particular item I tried
out originally in late 2021 and I hated it back then I I didn't just hate it I despised it I gave
this item a two out of ten I hated it that much why not though maybe that was a bad item that I
got maybe maybe they've maybe they've learned from their mistakes and it's better now who's
to say but either way they've brought it back and I'm here today to try it out once again and see
if it's just as bad as I remember it being or perhaps they have improved so this is a
little bit of a potential shot at Redemption for Burger King and uh to be honest I can't
say I'm all that excited to be here trying this item out once again when I I hated the original
one so much I mean it was absolutely vile in my opinion so uh no I can't really say I I'm
looking forward to sinking my teeth into this but I will nonetheless and I will do so impartially
if it's good it's good if it's just as bad it's just as bad I'll note uh whatever Improvement
if any there is if something somehow got any worse I will note that down too now what am I
even talking about here Burger King has brought back their Italian original chicken sandwich
when I think of of Italy like specifically Italian cuisine I think of Burger King I think you do too
I always think of sesame seed buns right a chicken fillet mozzarella cheese and marinara
sauce from Burger King that's what I think of you know forget that stupid pizza right
this is this is where it's at this Burger King chicken sandwiches uh that's Italy right there
that's what it is the Italian Original Chicken Sandwich it's you know it's their fast food
lightly breaded chicken it's the the long fillet and uh again it has marinara sauce on it
some mozzarella cheese it's on a long mozzarella mozzarella it's on a long sesame seed bun and it's
available at the price of six dollars just for the sandwich by itself but six dollars you might say
that's a bit overpriced for just the sandwich but it's A Taste of Italy So that obviously makes up
for it right there it's like think about it this way right think about how much it would cost if
you wanted to go on a European Vacation and take a trip directly over to Italy you know see all the
sites consume the food there firsthand right those costs will definitely add up very quickly you got
the hotels and the transportation costs and all of that you could either do that or you could
just pay six dollars and get this from Burger King and get the same experience so it's like What's
it gonna be the Burger King right forget forget actually go in there and trying any authentic food
this is this is all you really need A Taste of Italy maybe I'm being a bit harsh but I don't know
hearty melt they describe it as being
the reason why I I hated it so much back in 2021 was the quality of the item that I received now
see this is what I mean as far as it being the long chicken fillet on that longer bun
but anyway it was the quality of the item that was why I rated it so low the chicken
quality I remember was extremely subpar the cheese was disgusting as was the sauce
it was so salty it didn't taste good it tasted like there was something wrong with it
it essentially mirrored at the time institutional food like something that you'd see served up in a
in a prison or something and it was not good at all I didn't enjoy it one single bed it was hard
for me to even eat more than a bite or two it was just one of those items you know that was gross
and uh every now and then of course I'll get those sorts of items where it's just hard to
even take another bite but uh there was nothing good about it really except for the fact that
I wasn't spitting it back out essentially so when uh when the buyer is so low in the first place
it's like any sort of improvement would be a good thing and uh quite frankly fairly
easy to accomplish but at the same time they still have to be fair that the item could have
you know Rose I suppose that's the word I'm looking for from being horrible to just bad
but that doesn't mean that I should then give it a 9 out of 10 just because you know so I
need to take that into account but I'll note down whatever Improvement there is or or what have you
um the cheese is melted on so it's actually quite tough to even lift up the top bun
because it's kind of fused to the cheese um but the bottom bun you could see right there
some of the marinara sauce the chicken and again that is mozzarella cheese
on the chicken sandwich itself again available for the price of six dollars so I I I've been
mentioning this that's because I want to throw my bias out there that way it's an honest review you
know where I'm coming from now and being that I've established that I still want to try this
out I'm going to be open-minded about it if it's all right it's all right you know I'm not going
to hate this just for the sake of hating it or anything and uh lets us find out let's see how
it is this time around since a couple years have passed or two years about and uh let's
see so the Italian Original Chicken Sandwich round two from Burger King 2023 Edition going in
okay foreign
and my frequent sips of water are intentional and it's something that I'm going to talk about
in a moment it's actually unique in a in a strange way not the water the sandwich itself
foreign
this is weird
it it hit it's different
not in a good way but it is different nonetheless from how it was in 2021
and here's what I mean by that what does it taste like you know I explained earlier in the
review uh the problem that I had with it back in 2021 what's different well it doesn't taste good
and it doesn't taste bad it it tastes like nothing it is flavorless it is completely
and totally flavorless and I am saying this with no exaggeration somehow by some miracle
this may very well have been the most flavorless item I've ever tried right here right now this
this may very well be it I know some people might be quick to make a judgment and they
might say yeah we'll review bra uh how do you know that it's not new you know maybe you've had some
allergies or something and do a sense of taste is now
slightly subpar and that's why you can't taste anything but I know for sure that it's not
because earlier in the day number one I got something from Dunkin Donuts
I could taste that coffee just fine it was Vanilla I got myself a jelly donut we tastes that too
and along with this I got myself a little burger from Burger King and I could taste that likewise
so this this is something with this
I don't get it I just don't get it what does it taste like it tastes like nothing
the chicken is dry utterly flavorless when I bit in this is the first item I think I've ever had
where I actually had a full mouthful of it and it tasted like nothing it's like there's physical
matter in my mouth and there's literally no flavor to it what I mean literally nothing
and it's dry too that's the best part it's dry and utterly flavor I mean there's not it's not
even salty doesn't taste bad it doesn't taste good it doesn't taste like anything
the chicken doesn't even taste like chicken it tastes like nothing
there's it's the bun is spongy and it doesn't even have any flavor to it
the cheese forget that you could kind of taste it a little bit texturally all right the only thing
I could barely taste is some of the Tomato in the marinara sauce and even that is just barely there
I'm actually in disbelief not at how bad this is because I can't say that it's
bad obviously I could eat it right I'm not grossed out by it but just
I I just don't get it how something like this you know I'm looking at it I could physically I
could physically see it right here I could see the components I could see the chicken and the cheese
and the sauce and the bun and I look at it and I think so how is it possible for this to just taste
like nothing and be as dry as it is and somehow here we are here it is I'm amazed I really am
I don't get it I I just don't get it how this could actually happen
there's not a lot for me to say because what is there to say when there's there's no there's no
characteristic to this whatsoever so you waste six dollars on this to get a dry tasteless flavorless
piece of chicken with equally flavorless cheese and a spongy chewy flavorless dry bun and some
marinara sauce that you could barely taste take that six dollars and spend it on something else
heck even from Burger King go buy a Whopper with it or something or buy one of their their uh what
do they call them now like they're Royal chicken sandwiches because this is not worth your money
uh forget this really there's better places you could get an Italian style chicken sandwich from
go support a local mom-and-pop business or something forget this thing really forget it
you're wasting your money you're wasting your time and you're wasting your appetite if you get this
this isn't good I don't think it's any better than it was in 2021 it's changed but it hasn't really
changed for the better or for the worse and I cannot as a reviewer sit here and claim there
to be Improvement when an item simply went from tasting bad to tasting like nothing whatsoever and
likewise now going from tasting bad to again being flavorless and extremely dry now the only reason
I could even swallow it down was by taking those copious sips of water between every single bite no
forget this thing forget it Burger King they have their hits they have their misses just forget this
completely write it off don't even bother don't waste your time don't waste your money on this
again go get a Whopper or if you really want a chicken sandwich just go get it from a local place
get a Italian style chicken sandwich elsewhere just forget this thing this is awful it's not good
it went from disgusting to just bad and flavorless no no I'm keeping my rating where it was
two out of ten if it actually tasted like anything then maybe I'll be happy to increase that rating
but I can't sit here and just review flavorless matter and all of a sudden Rave about it just
because now it just doesn't taste bad it just tastes like nothing I'd be lying to you
and that would be it just would not be truthful it would be deceptive six dollars you know that
stuff it adds up take that money and spend it on something better than this it's not worth it
not worth it at all so Burger King no improvement I'm afraid bad to just taste like nothing and dry
not enjoyable in the least and disappointing so I keep the rating the same two out of ten
not good different but just as bad
it's disappointing I'm not really surprised but disappointed nonetheless I
I would have hoped for better I really would have but what can you do so luck of the draw
it's not to say that I hate Burger King there's plenty of things from them that they do a fine
job with this isn't one of them though on to the next Burger King will have more releases
I'm sure I'll be happy to try those out and we'll see what those bring but this
the Italian Original Chicken Sandwich just forget it not worth it thank you for watching
and that's all that I have for you today until next time I'm your host the report of the week