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and uh i am here i'm present i'm accounted for
gone a little more a little more formal than usual
but uh i thought why not yeah why not let's let's go for it
if anything you know you can pretend that this is like my special
um wendy's eating outfit you know and and nowadays if i ever want to get
anything from wendy's you know i'll only wear this you could
say that if you want to maybe again i just this is the outfit that i went with
today i don't know it's that's for you to decide um but either
way first wendy's review we have done in a while
it's uh it's been a long time i think it's been i don't know it's been a
couple months i think and you know wendy's some people have
mixed views about them it's just hey they have a new item out and i'm
here to try it out that's what it comes down to
and again this is the first new release wendy's has had for a while
this is their spicy crispy chicken sandwich
now this name is baffling it really is as a matter of fact as we speak
there's a team of probably like 50 scientists in some underground bunker
that are scrambling to decode what exactly
is the spicy crispy chicken sandwich what is it well here's what we think it
is anyway according to the inscription on the
website the spicy crispy chicken sandwich
features a white meat crispy chicken patty lettuce
and mayonnaise in all seriousness it's a simple sandwich
to me this seems like wendy's is this is like their version
of uh you know the mcdonald's uh mcchicken sandwich
seems you know more similar to that uh where you know
needless to say compared to some of their other chicken sandwiches
this is i don't want to say low quality um but certainly not
the the thicker cut of chicken breast or whatever it is i don't know if it's
whatever it is chicken meat right at least we hope it is that's put on
some of their more deluxe sandwiches rather this is a thinner cut and it has
that little bit of a black pepper seasoning some spiciness to it
and then just some lettuce and mayo and it's affordable too though that's the
thing on their website they say you can get
the sandwich by itself for 1.29 it is also part of their new uh four
dollar for four deal what that is exactly is
it's a deal that they got going on i guess temporarily whereupon
you can get a four-piece chicken nugget some fries and a drink and then you can
get another item along with that and it'll just be four
bucks and apparently you can get their crispy
chicken sandwich you can get the new spicy crispy
chicken sandwich you can get their junior bacon cheeseburger or
uh i guess their junior cheeseburger and you kind of combine that you get a
little a whole little meal for four bucks which is a good deal
but that's what they're really doing to promote this sandwich so again the spicy
crispy chicken sandwich pretty basic item and uh hey we're gonna
see if it's good to tell you the truth i've always been a
fan of the uh mcdonald's mcchicken i don't know i just like that little bit
of a spiciness it's not an overwhelming sandwich either
it's like something that if i just want a little bit of a snack
you know i can go with that that that settles everything down
or if i'm just not that hungry and i don't have a huge appetite
it still does a good job and i've always liked the way it tastes it's i don't
know it's pretty good so we'll see uh this might be a new favorite of
mine i mean we'll find out i've never had this before
there's the uh i guess the humanoid right wendy's right there
established all the way back in 1969 as they say
there are a couple little miscellaneous odds and ends in the bag
i ordered a uh ten piece of the spicy nuggets
uh you know i always when i i got something delivered today i got this
delivered i always like to get a little bit of
extra and uh i was thinking i always liked the spicy nuggets so i
got a 10 piece of that and i got some some some barbecue sauce with that of
all things and i guess a few of the nuggets fell
out so they're kind of along for the ride but it's all good all
good they are they are accounted for
there's our wrapper
and there's the sandwich it's peeking out at us
it's like it's like a right a flower that's blooming
you know or it's like a uh butterfly coming out of the
cocoon it's there it is it's flapping over toward the camera and we now have
it in focus you can see in my opinion it is very
similar oh my gosh i almost dropped the sandwich wouldn't that be something
i gotta have a good grip on it there we go you can see though it is very similar
to me anyway uh to the mcchicken sandwich although
what i do notice at least for this one it's just one big
piece of lettuce again there's that chicken patty
um and then there is right we do have a confirmed mayo siding
all right a mayonnaise covered leaf there's the leaf indentation
right there so we'll kind of put this back in the ravine
like that
and there you have it yeah a pretty simple sandwich pretty straightforward
i think for those of you who watch regularly you kind of know what
part of the video is coming up next where we just do the we do the necessary
you know this is just what we have to do it's just a part of
a part of life but here we go
something to that extent anyway you know we'll figure it out but i always i
always am honest if i'm getting the thumbnail you know we're just doing what
needs to be done that's all there is to it
uh anyway you've seen a thorough enough look at the uh the sandwich
and i'm just gonna try it out and we're just gonna go from there so the spicy
crispy chicken sandwich from wendy's it's going in
i'm gonna take one more bite or two probably one more bite
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to get the word out that's all okay i've babbled long enough let's get
to the let's get to the the meat of the review right there for a
uh a semi chicken related pun all right
here we go spicy crispy chicken sandwich it's a uh
it's a simple item uh it's good though i like it i am a fan
of it and to tell you the truth i'll get it again
uh by all means i really i don't have much much
much of anything bad to say about it of course when it's an item like this
that's basic and they really leave the implications
that it's not necessarily going to have this grand
um you know melodious explosion of flavor
right it's going to be what it is and it's going to be simple but hopefully
good okay i analyze it and i see how how how
is everything how does it work how does it taste does everything you know is
there anything that clashes is it good etcetera
i like it number one the name itself is is very accurate
uh it's crispy i like that sometimes you get these items
and this is i think a lot of places are guilty of this they say it's gonna be a
crispy chicken sandwich but in the end it ends up being like
there's not even any sort of crunch to it or any sort of crisp
or it's soggy or there's issues with it i like the fact that
the chicken patty is crisp you really do get a little bit of a crunch in every
bite i like that they're honest you know it is what it is
it tastes good spiciness definitely there the chicken patty
especially for those of you who are regular consumers
actually hey look we have something to reference it to
see take a look at this uh it's very very reminiscent
of their spicy chicken nugget you know you compare the two
okay and let's just you know see these are the two
and you can see this one's a little more perhaps on the orange side than this one
and this one looks a little crispier but overall
they certainly bear similarities i would definitely say
one easy thing to really just compare the flavor to
it's just like they're spicy chicken nuggets but in patty form
uh so it tastes good you know while there isn't a ton of
chicken you know it's a thinner patty but we expect that still a bit of
juiciness still flavorful still tastes good and
again you get that black pepper uh spiciness that that is in every bite
uh it's you know by no means like something
that's gonna again flames are gonna shoot out of my mouth
and i'll be like a fire breathing dragon for a little bit
uh it's not like it's not that level of
spiciness but it is to the extent where you notice
it and that's good um but it shouldn't really take the you
know take the life out of you or anything
i don't think you really need a drink for this one but if you want to have
some water or soda or something that's fine um so it
is spicy it's got that little bit of a crisp
to it again though the chicken is still of good quality still tastes good
um the piece of lettuce is there uh you know it's it's firm
but it doesn't really you know it's kind of there maybe it even cools a little
bit it's a little bit more of a cooling presence to it perhaps
and uh the mayo now to tell you the truth i'm not a big mayo fan
uh if i were to get this sandwich just personally for me
next time i would get it with no mayo um and that's just personal i'm not going
to sit there though and take my personal bias so just because i'm not a big fan
of something with mayo now if it's to the point where it's like
you know drenched in mayo and it's disgusting i will call them out
for it but if there's just a little smattering of it
and i know a lot of people like that i'm not going to sit there and put my bias
toward this item and say it's how it should always be with no mayo
this is how i like it but the mayo here is completely inoffensive
if anything if you didn't find the chicken to be juicy enough
the mayo adds a little bit more of a more moisture to the sandwich
maybe it helps cool it a little bit um you know the mayo of course is creamy
and it's if people like it they like it um but again personally i'd get it
without the mayo next time but i would say you could have it with that
and it wouldn't detract from it anyway i think some people would actually like
it but doesn't get in the way of things and it's not crazy like that now again
the price being 1.29 or in that four for four deal
i'm a fan of it it's a simple sandwich but it's good definitely for a snack and
uh i'd certainly get it again absolutely it's affordable and uh
i could see myself as they say chowing down
on this uh in the future so out of 10 8.5 is the rating that i'm gonna give it
i'm impressed by it it's a simple item simple but good i like it i'm a fan of
it so with that that's all we have for you
today trying out the spicy crispy chicken sandwich from
wendy's thanks for watching everyone please be safe out there be healthy
and do take care and uh that's all that i got
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