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if you paid careful attention to the introduction that I gave just a few seconds ago
you noticed that after the first few words I shook my hand a little bit
that is what they call the ceremonial Arby's handshaking and I did that to
commemorate the first review of Arby's that I'm doing in a couple months
yeah that was something that I made up on the spot to kill some time and I don't really know
why but anyway there is some partial truth to that though indeed this is the first Arby's review that
I've been doing in a while good to be trying them trying them out again and with that this isn't the
newest release in the world but it's new for me it's a limited time offering on their menu sounded
interesting so I thought ah what the heck let's try it out let's see how good it is and uh if
it's worth getting while it's still on the menu so today I want to try out they call this the bourbon
barbecue country style rib sandwich it's available from Arby's price for it is eight dollars for the
sandwich by itself but they say all right it might be a little pricey but it is a deluxe sandwich
it's a special sandwich because on it is pork rib cheddar cheese onions bourbon barbecue sauce sweet
garlic and dill pickles so it has some premium ingredients again obviously the main highlight
is the pork rib that is on the sandwich and then it's supposed to have some bourbon barbecue sauce
a little bit of garlic some cheese some onions and again supposed to be bourbon Barbecue Country
Style they say and admittedly based on what I've had before I don't think I've had anything that's
bourbon barbecue flavored from Arby's I may be mistaken but there's nothing that comes to mind
but I will say that from other establishments generally speaking I am a big fan of anything
that's bourbon barbecue flavored I know I've had some various burgers that have like a bourbon
barbecue sauce and oftentimes if done correctly it makes for a very enjoyable meal so this is one of
those items that to me anyway it seems like the sauce is supposed to be a big highlight
here but again the pork as well we'll see how the quality of that is but again you could get
this as the sandwich by itself you could get it as part of a meal deal but largely they say this
is a limited time offering so get it while the kittens good again I paid eight dollars for this
and I checked the menu I was checking the various phrases I was trying to see is this an anomaly
but I don't believe it is so it is a bit on the price icier side but I would wager that they'll
say well it's because it's the pork you know you're getting the pork ribs it's higher quality
etc etc so you know what's on it I feel like I was very straight into the point with this
introduction but again I just want to kind of get into it so you know what's on this sandwich
you know what there is to it now let's take a look now it comes in its own little box which
that's always nice I could get the deluxe ones that come in the Box this says you have the meat
and then on the side as you can see you've got the different the different um types
of the meats you can get going from cow to uh all the way to shark it looks like
but there you have it all right let's open this up
very Saucy it looks like very Saucy sandwich a little sauce on the sides in the top
the first thing I see there's the rib right there
you can see it on the side and I think there's no bones in it obviously it's
just in the slices but you could see on the side it's a little tough to to kind of see
what you're looking at so I'll take this out in a moment and then we'll take it from there
I'm trying to because you see the sauce on the side there I'm trying to find the best way to get
this out maybe I'll just hold it from the top and I'll just up and yeah that worked that worked okay
Sometimes It's tricky to get these out of the box but it got out that's what matters
all right let's see what we have as far as ingredients go
I'm actually a bit confused right now I mean I guess this happens but
all right you could obviously I think you see what I'm seeing let me undo the Focus
right here there we go I'm a bit confused right now as I look at this because I'm seeing things
some of this makes sense and some of this doesn't and I'm trying to
figure out what exactly is going on here all right it's like I see
obviously the the rib but then I see lettuce
so it's supposed to have pork rib cheddar cheese I see the cheddar on it
I have onions
bourbon barbecue sauce sweet garlic and dill pickles
thinking this and I didn't merely
I think this is buffalo sauce that they put on it I don't think this is I don't think
this is the the bourbon barbecue sauce I think they I think they put buffalo sauce on this
I don't really know what they gave me here um uh there's the rib and
lettuce and cheese and buffalo sauce that's it
I mean I don't know what this is is there even an item like this on their menu I don't know
what I'm obviously gonna do right now I mean maybe the sauce looks like this but
I smell the heat I think this is the buffalo sauce I'm just gonna take a little taste of
some of the sauce right here I'm just gonna dab it on the tip of my finger just try it
that was a crow giving some translation if you heard it no this is buffalo sauce well
this is unexpected
this happens from time to time I mean obviously now I can't say that this is a review for uh
the barbecue country style rib sandwich because this obviously isn't it
I don't know if this is I've never really heard of putting buffalo sauce on the
on a pork rib before let alone with the lettuce and the the cheddar
so with that I can't really say this is a review anymore because I think they just
I don't really know how you get this out of trying to to get this rib sandwich so
at this point I'm just going to shelve the review and uh I mean what the heck I'll obviously try
this but now it's just going to be more or less for entertainment than it will be through any
serious review because again I've I have my doubts that there's any sort of Buffalo pork
rib sandwich with lettuce and cheddar cheese on the menu so I mean this stuff happens obviously
there's must have been some sort of logistical shortfall but still it's just a bit bizarre so
like I said I just don't know how but well here it is sorry about that by
the way I apologize I always like to when I do these reviews I'd like to try to to just
try out the item of course as I get it but I want to review something that's actually applicable and
this is just some sort of uh odd combination but I mean what the heck I'll try it let's try it out
we'll see how well buffalo sauce and pork rib goes together and I guess if anything I mean I
guess this will still serve a little bit of a pair of bits I could try to discern uh the quality of
the rib itself and that could maybe at least be somewhat helpful if you're kind of contemplating
getting the actual sandwich but I mean aside from that I don't think there's anything useful that
you'll really get out of this video but uh for the sake of entertainment well let's see how good
uh the I guess buffalo sauce and the pork rib from Arby's taste so unknown sandwich going in
this is actually kind of salvageable because the rib on on this side would be my left hand
side of the sandwich it doesn't really have any sauce on it this is a good opportunity
to just try out the rib by itself and at least try to figure out how good that is
hmm
and that's not bad at least again you can see there's really not any sauce to be seen
the verb in and of itself is tender very soft flavorful juicy it's of good quality I gotta give
them that so the rib itself I could definitely see it's one of those those components where I
think by itself you know you might interpret it as being a little a little Bland this is
like one of those things that I definitely need a sauce but I could see 100 percent how if this
actually had ingredients that it was supposed to have the bourbon barbecue sauce if that was added
then that would of course uh very it would be very good accompaniment to the rib I would be willing
to bet obviously I can't say that conclusively because I haven't had the sauce but I I think it
would be a good pairing and actually I got I've got the receipt right here let me just make sure
no no it's supposed to be yeah the rib sandwich so I don't know what happened
now take a bite over here with the buffalo sauce let's just see how that is
now that just doesn't work
doesn't work at all they're buffalo sauce pairs quite nicely with their chicken
and yeah it's definitely buffalo sauce I could feel the spice and the back of my mouth there
their buffalo sauce pairs quite nicely with their chicken
not their pork I will say that sometimes when I go to Arby's I'll get their buffalo chicken
sandwich and that's quite nice because like I said the buffalo sauce just works very nicely
with the chicken but yeah pork just you know there's a clash like you have two things and
they obviously just don't go together at all this is one of those instances yeah
no not a good combination one single bit
so as far as this sandwich like I said I don't know what happened exactly I don't
know if there was some sort of uh logistical issue I don't know if the irbs was just really
busy and they got something mixed up I mean I don't know what was going on over there again
I know these sorts of things happen occasionally it's just kind of weird how
the ingredients are just totally off on this but uh again the pork as far as that's concerned
of good quality tastes good the bun you know it's chewy but it gives a little bit of structural
Integrity to the sandwich I can't really complain there and the cheddar cheese is fine as well it's
it's subtle it's you know it's a subtle note but it's you notice that in each bite flavorful
but aside from that like I said there's not there's not much I can say so
it's disappointing it's a little frustrating when I'm trying to get this item from from
the Arby's and then it obviously doesn't work out as intended and I'm sorry about that I'm
sorry if I I wasted 15 minutes of your time for this but when I do these reviews I try to go in
with the attitude essentially I'm just a regular customer just as you might be you know I'm just
someone on their lunch break I'm out to get the item I order it I get what I get and I review
what I get I try to do that to hopefully paint again what I hope would be an accurate image
of the fast food experience in 2023 right with the understanding that yes there I mean there
are going to be times like this where there are errors where the quality is variable where some
items are better than others I just don't think it's fair you know to go over there and say oh
I'm I'm going to do reviews you better make it as good as possible because then it's like
is that really how it's going to be for most people no when things like this happen probably
happens like once a year or so I'm sorry about that I feel bad about it sorry that this review
wasn't able to uh be of all that much use but uh again I hope at least you're able to get a little
picture of maybe the quality of the poor of course the sandwich actually were to come together and it
were to be what it was supposed to be I think it would be enjoyable at least I hope it would be
because certainly as a base the pork rib seems to be flavorful tasty and of good quality as far as
this sandwich goes the the weird buffalo chicken where buffalo sauce I guess pork rib concoction
it's not good at all I give it probably a two out of ten it's flavors Clash it doesn't taste
good at all it's not enjoyable in the slightest so I certainly if you have the ability to customize
anything to forget this I wouldn't even don't even waste your time doing this it's not worth
it one single bit and this certainly isn't worth eight dollars that I could tell you
so a bit of an odd review again I'm sorry that this happened to uh to transpire as it did but uh
this is just how it is sometimes I hope you found this at least to be slightly amusing nonetheless
and I hope the next item whatever it is that I decide to try out happens to be better I hope
that it happens to be a bit more accurate and that this is just a little reminder and I say
this as a reminder to myself too next time check the bag and make sure that everything is is what
you ordered then you could avoid situations like this that's all that I have for you
thank you for watching my apologies again until next time I'm your host the report of the week