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the evolution
it finally happened you know the phrase this is what you've been waiting for right
i know we've all heard that we've heard it used in uh you know in a good number of
instances i'm certain and sometimes there are those cases where you have the hype that's
being built up and they say this is the moment of truth this is what you've been waiting for
and then it really doesn't amount to amount to anything or it's not anything extreme or serious
but then there are those instances where the hype is real and the hype really pays off and you think
this may be the zenith of my existence right here this might be the best my
life is ever going to get and i think this is one of those moments because like i said
the evolution or evolution as they say of the chicken sandwich has commenced
burger king said i know last year we made this whole big deal about chicken sandwiches
and how we redid our chicken sandwich and how now it's the king sandwich we'll pretend that
never happened and ignore everything we've said because we got rid of that stupid chicken sandwich
do you feel it i don't but that's why i'm asking you they've replaced it with the royal crispy
chicken sandwich so you might say all right burger king has new chicken sandwiches out now they're
the royal crispy chicken sandwiches so what's so special about them they have royal sauce on them
and they have lettuce and they have these red things that they call tomatoes on them too
and it's on a potato bun so that's what it is again it's a crispy chicken fillet with royal
sauce lettuce tomato on a potato bun it replaces the cha king sandwich so that's that's gone and
price for this five dollars fifty cents per sandwich around ten dollars for a meal which
would include fries and a drink so again it's a 5.50 sand which they would consider to be
a premium chicken sandwich the royal crispy chicken sandwich from burger king is out so
given the name and given the campaign that they've released along with this to promote
these sandwiches i would say that there is it's really one of two possibilities here
a this is going to be food that's that's fit for royalty or b they gave it this name so you
can feel better about yourself when you buy and eat this when you realize how bad it is
so it's going to be one of those two things most likely because that's how burger king is
usually it's hit or miss and sometimes they get some really good stuff sometimes it's it's iffy
comes in a few other varieties like you can get a spicy version and you can get the deluxe but
really it's all built on top of this main base so this would really what this would be what
determines the quality of the sandwich but people you know they still like their chicken sandwiches
i was trying to get my hands on the new sandwich from wing stop the other day sadly i
i haven't i haven't been able to find it yet but i saw burger king
release these chicken sandwiches so it's worth trying out all right so there it is
a basic chicken sandwich but maybe they're just relying on the basics and it might be good uh you
could see the tomatoes right there two tomatoes the crispy chicken fillet the bun and the lettuce
and that's
the royal sauce
i hope you get a good view of the sandwich right there
so you know what it looks like i know what it looks like we all know what it looks like so
now i'm going to try it out the royal crispy chicken sandwich from burger king going in
all right so obviously you were able to see a bit of the consumption sequence there and here's the
thing with this sandwich this is this is what i notice i know earlier in the video i was kind of
saying all right the way burger king usually is it oftentimes can either be really good or really
bad and you know sometimes there is that middle ground but oftentimes it's just one or the other
this is one of those instances though where this is more of like a
middle of the road type of sandwich would i say that the royal name for it necessarily suits it
i don't think so but have there been worse sandwiches absolutely now this is a very simple
sandwich so obviously when you're when you're consuming this there aren't a ton of notes to be
on the lookout for so it's reliant on the basics the chicken the lettuce the tomato the sauce and
the bun now as you saw in the cross section and i'll just show you again real quick
you can see that there is that layer of the crispy breading on the outside of the sandwich and then
on the interior you have the chicken and i would say the ratio between the breading and the chicken
is pretty decent i can't really complain there in that regard now what i can say though
is that there aren't a lot of of notes on this sandwich that are overly flavorful for instance
the chicken in and of itself is probably what i can taste the most and what it really tastes like
all right you could taste the juiciness of the of the meat it is fairly flavorful i've definitely
had chicken fillets that are richer in flavor than this one but at least it has something to it
it's very fatty and i think that has to do with the fried breading on the exterior it's very fatty
has a little bit of a crunch to it but i just get this really oily and fatty taste to it and it's
very salty as well none of this necessarily to excess it's it's kind of close to that threshold
but just barely below it so it may not taste overly or excessively fatty or salty
it's just those are notes that you are definitely going to pick up on the tomato and the lettuce
surprisingly they don't really do much to negate that either there are those instances where you'll
have something that's really greasy and oily but then you have the lettuce and the tomato on it
which cancels that out a little bit but in this case even though the tomatoes as you probably saw
are they're pretty fresh and juicy but they don't necessarily negate that excessive that
somewhat excessive greasiness and oiliness of the chicken and that that again very
high sodium level i'd presume or at least all the saltiness i could taste in the chicken so
definitely it's kind of what you would expect from fast food maybe lower end fast food to be honest
it's totally edible but certainly it has these things about it that you're going to notice now
the final thing to talk about here is the royal sauce does that does that save the day does it
salvage everything does it tie everything together what's there to really say about the royal sauce
not much surprisingly even though when i was when i was looking at this and showing it to the camera
you couldn't necessarily see a ton of that royal sauce on the sandwich there's a little
bit more than you'd initially think because it's on the top bun and it's also underneath
some of the lettuce there but the royal sauce is like a glorified
ranch dressing i would say they give it a fancy name obviously and it makes you think oh it's
the royal sauce this is something big and it's a special for the sandwich but really the royal
sauce is like a glorified ranch dressing it has this little sharpness to it not quite sour
not really tangy either but definitely just this potent sharpness i wouldn't even describe it as
like a like a tart flavor either it's just like a sharpness and that's somewhat noticeable this
little almost acidic bite that it has to it but even that kind of gets lost in in everything else
especially in that chicken fillet so the chicken is easily the most flavorful thing on the sandwich
and to be honest that's pretty much all you could really taste the lettuce and the tomato
are kind of just there and the sauce in and of itself i wish it could be a little stronger
some people like the sauce on their sandwiches some people don't though and this is considered
a key ingredient you do want to be able to taste it and you want to see what does burger
king have to offer here right what is the royal sauce all about and you could barely taste it
so in and of itself this sandwich totally edible totally consumable but definitely on the low end
of average i would say because there could just be more to it the chicken could be a bit better there
could be more better prevailing flavors i should say i wish i could taste that sauce a bit more
and instead everything just gets lost in that saltiness and that greasiness that it possesses
and that's an issue so it's something that burger king does need to improve upon i think with a
little bit of tweaking here the royal crispy chicken sandwich could certainly be lifted up
a level or two and could definitely improve but as it stands on the lower end of average it's
edible but would you necessarily eat this and say wow this is a really good sandwich i can't wait
to get it again etc i wouldn't especially when you're paying five dollars 50 cents for this and
if you needed to get a drink to kind of wash it down with then that's ten dollars for you
a bit overpriced in that regard so factoring that in factoring in the quality of the
chicken sandwich and all of that out of 10 i'm going to be giving the royal crispy chicken
sandwich from burger king i'm just going to give it a 4.9 out of 10. that's a 4.9 out of 10. it's
not the worst but there's definitely some room for improvement and that's all that i have for
you today thank you for watching and until next time i'm your host thereportoftheweek