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generally speaking and granted there are always exceptions and this is actually one of those
exceptions when I do these reviews there are a lot of items that are always being released
you have some places that of course release some items more frequently than others so for instance
you have places like Taco Bell places like Burger King and Wendy's that always have this Perpetual
release of items and then you have those locations that don't really release all that many items such
as McDonald's KFC Etc I try not to review certain establishments back to back I just like to have a
little bit of variety when it comes down to the uploads that I do but sometimes you get these
rare circumstances where something just comes up there's a lot of demand a lot of interest and you
know it's not the end of the world I mean if if the world does end because this is the second
consecutive KFC review that I've done I mean then you could you could blame me right if the world
is ending and then you could point at me and you could say this is all your fault review bro
so there you have it but nonetheless after I tried out that item from KFC the raps I
started seeing in the news a few days later that they were bringing back the Double Down
and I started seeing requests after request after request for this item so
I thought all right what the heck there's a lot of demand there's a lot of interest
I'm gonna do it I am going to do the unthinkable the unimaginable
I'm gonna review it I know it's a shock it is this is a shocker right here but indeed
I have in my possession right here a bag with the Colonel's face on it
and inside this bag is the Double Down now the Double Down is a and actually I would
say pretty iconic sandwich from KFC I know they released this originally I think it was
in the mid to Mid 2000s if I'm not mistaken I remember having this around 2009 or so what it
is is it's a chicken sandwich but instead of buns you actually have fried chicken
so you have the top bun which is a piece of fried chicken you have the bottom bun
which is another piece of fried chicken and then sandwiched between the two fried chicken pieces
is some cheese some mayo and bacon so it's supposed to be practically an all meat sandwich
with no bun rather the Fried Chicken serving as the bun and then you have that cheese some
mayo and some bacon as well now they say that they also are releasing a spicy double down
which instead then of the Mayo you would just have some spicy sauce applied instead
this was pricier than I imagined you could say it's because of inflation you could say
it's because you know there's a lot of a lot of meat here a lot of substance if you could say
it's because it's a it's a specialty but I paid 11 and 50 cents for this sandwich
and I personally find that price a bit high but they said well that's the price so
there you have it the Double Down is back though and like I said there's a lot of interest
to try it out all right if my description wasn't satisfactory May a picture tell a thousand words
all right so this is it you see you have the piece of chicken on the top piece of chicken
on the bottom in between the two pieces of the fried chicken some cheese bacon and mayonnaise
there's a better view of the bacon strip you could see right there
that's a good like sandwich view of it the chicken the bacon the
Mayo and the cheese again for the price of 11.50
sorry if I'm not a hundred percent today have a bit of a headache it just came on but nonetheless
I still want to try out this item it's not going to be the end of me so uh like I'm sorry if I'm a
little distractible a little in this review but I still wanted to get to the camera here and uh
at least do it as best I can alright let's try it out now the Double Down from KFC
the 2023 Edition it's going in
where does every Double Down sandwich
dream of going on vacation where do they all want a vacation to take a guess
Cancun
I know that's what we all guessed because when I
look at it it always strikes me as like a beach going type of sandwich you know
it's not bad not bad All Things Considered
I would say that this item this is how I originally treated it and it's how I will
continue to it's not necessarily something that I would get all the time from KFC
I got it before he has a novelty and that's how I look at it now it's a novelty it's not you know
it it's not the most complex sandwich as far as flavors and flavor profiles and all of that go so
don't expect that as you bite into this the main component that you are really going to taste here
is going to be the chicken and then that makes sense when you look at it and you
might think oh well might think yeah duh you look at it what is it composed primarily of
chicken it has the piece of cheese there sure it has some bacon okay
some mayo but I'd say 90 95 of the sandwich is that Fried Chicken so of course that's
what you're going to taste the most of it's a very greasy sandwich it's very greasy it's
very oily if you are going to hold it you know they give you a little bit of a paper to hold
it through I just want it to hold the whole thing so I could show you a better look of what it uh
what it looks like but I would recommend especially if you're say eating this in the car
or you have to grab something or whatever maybe just eat it through the paper I mean
by that grasp it via the paper don't eat the paper with the sandwich if you want to that's
it's up to you overall it tastes good though it's uh it's really not bad at all like I said
it's marketed as this this novelty really for lack of a better word but when you eat it it's
mostly just going to taste like the fried chicken and that's all that there is to it the novelty
is more of the presentation right the fact that you're going to be eating this and there's no buns
and you're holding the chicken and that's that's that's the big draw of it the unique nature upon
which the sandwich is presented the substance itself is very basic very straightforward and
that's essentially to be expected but the chicken though is Juicy it's flavorful
there's the exterior is crisp especially around the edges but despite the crisp nature of the
sandwich or the the chicken itself it again is not dry so you have that nice contrast between
the crispy fried exterior of the chicken and then the tender juicy flavorful interior
and as you could see in the cross sections there is a good amount of chicken as well
so you're certainly it's in every single bite it does get a little salty I'll say that really
the saltiness is the main characteristic aside from the Flavor of the chicken itself
it does get quite salty so I would advise perhaps maybe having some water nearby
I decided to get a bottle of water along with this
you obviously don't have to go with water but if you would like to get a soft drink to pair
this with I'd recommend it because again it could just get quite salty and in each bite it'll only
build upon itself the cheese has some salty characteristics as does the bacon nice crisp
on the bacon I will add but I do believe that the bacon is more of a a a Decorative Touch to
the sandwich than it is a practical addition but that's just my opinion the Mayo adds it
a little adds in a little bit of moisture to it actually does have a little bit of a little bit
of a Zing to it a little bit of a Tang perhaps but uh again largely you're just going to be
tasting the chicken and it's a novelty in the way that it's presented that's the whole appeal to it
oh I'm having the the chicken sandwich that the chicken is the bun you know it's it's all about
that novelty it's something get a picture of it get a picture of you eating it if that becomes a
trend or something it's about the novelty of how it looks in terms of substance totally fine tastes
good not a problem there but just don't think that this is going to be some sort of revolutionary
this is everything you know and this is going to to change the way I eat chicken from now on
if you pad KFC's chicken well now you know what it tastes like because that's exactly what it
tastes like yes you could use the good old cliche chicken because indeed this does because it mostly
is chicken after all but it's not bad totally fine for what it is a novelty an overpriced novelty at
that though 11.50 that's disappointing but if that's my only grievance which it is then just
take that into account the price that you'd be paying for it and then justify it thusly you could
say well that's a novelty that's worth trying man there's a good amount of chicken it looks like
it'll taste fine no matter what so it's purely up to you but just be wary of the price I wish it
were a bit more inexpensive I wish this were even an age nine dollar sandwich as opposed to 11.50
but it's a novelty totally fine for what it is though so therefore being that my complaint is
only the price of this item then I'm going to be rating the Double Down from KFC the 2023 Edition
I'm going to be rating this item a 7.6 out of 10. it's a novelty but it's fine for what it
is so get it well to get is good it'll be here for only four weeks time that's all that I have
for you thank you for watching until next time I'm your host the report of the week