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Papa John's they have a new item out you know first and foremost I've just got to get this
off my chest because I've been thinking about this I heard about the premise of this item it
was actually a few days before it was released this came to mind and I've just got to throw it
out there because otherwise I'm just going to be thinking about it the whole review
there was famous quote and maybe you've heard this before maybe you haven't you
know it's some people have I'm sure it was from 1898 and it was Tesla that said it
and he said and I might get it slightly wrong but he said something to the extent of
you may live to see man-made Horrors beyond your comprehension
I think about that quote and then I see this item
and it just makes sense that's all that I could say I just had to throw that out there
because this I don't know what else you could really call it I mean maybe it's good but but
it just is what it is I suppose either way Papa John's has released the Doritos cool
ranch papadia and you could get it in steak form beef form or chicken form I decided to get it in
chicken form because that seems to be the one that they're really promoting and obviously we
all know how much we we love Doritos Cool Ranch you know we pretty much live off of
it these days I mean we we add it in one way or another to pretty much everything even the water
so here's what they described the papadia As and some people may take offense to this but
mind you this is verbatim Papa John's vernacular here they call this a flatbread style sandwich
it features bold ranch seasoning sprinkle the top it has Doritos cool ranch dressing
drizzled inside of it it comes with cheese tomatoes onions and chicken
and then it has a side of cool ranch dressing for those who are really Brazen and want to go all out
and it's available at the price of 7.99 so about eight dollars in price the DeVito's Cool Ranch
papadia again I'm reviewing the chicken one but yeah people there have said uh well there's mixed
feelings about this some people love it some people hate it some people think it's good but
gimmicky other people think it's gimmicky and disgusting some people are indifferent I'll
just try it out we'll see if it's any good and take it from there again price is eight dollars
so yeah it's it's very similar to well it's kind of similar to what I tried out in the last review
where it was the pizza Melt from Pizza Hut you'll see it is kind of similar where it's just folded
over and then you have the toppings inside and again I always like to think of it as like a
combination of a quesadilla and a calzone but Papa John's is calling it a flatbread style sandwich
so I mean call it whatever you want I suppose got it right here in the Box I don't think it's
a special box it just says Papa John's better ingredients better Pizza and opening up the box
has a little paper on it because it's cold
you have it
that was a that was a stupid joke by the way because I know it's like it's got a little
blanket over it or something all right I'm obviously going to have to hold this up
but you can see right there all the seasoning on top I don't think you can say that it's not
well seasoned because it most certainly is looks like the cap of this actually popped
open a little bit isn't that something do we have any confirmed spillage no we don't
but there it is a kind of huddles up there now let's get one of these papadias
ah they threw in the pepper got the pepper right there that's glorious
all right so here's a better look at it so you can see kind of similar to how the
Melt from Pizza Hut is but it's a little it's a little um softer by the looks of it
and it's kind of stuffed with more more stuff all right so you can see in there that's the uh
Doritos cool ranch dressing the white stuff there's onions there's some chicken mixed in you
can see the red it's the tomatoes some cheese as well and then at the top again all that seasoning
right there so there you have it I could really smell the cool ranch I actually can
it's very potent and most definitely I can smell that so what I'll do take a few bites
of it see if it's any good or not see is it is it just a gimmick does it taste all right
Etc I'll dip it a little bit in the sauce and uh then give an assessment so there you have it
let's try it out the DeVito's Cool Ranch chicken papadia from Papa John's going in
oh
real quick I'll just dip it in the sauce a little bit
try that out
right there actually that wasn't a good let me get that it was just the way I
bit it it was kind of angled I really I just want to find out how the sauce is
okay
I've got to say gotta say if you had asked me beforehand before I tried either of these items
because again in the last review I did it was kind of a similar thing it was the uh cheese steak melt
from Pizza Hut and if you would have just asked me all right before trying these which of these two
do you think would be better the cheese steak melt from Pizza Hut or the DeVito's Cool Ranch Chicken
papadia from Papa John's I would have said the cheese steak melt from Pizza Hut I would have said
that the Cool Ranch item from Papa John's sounds gimmicky that it could be a bit gross Etc
if I said that I would have been dead wrong believe it or not I don't have a problem with this
it is nowhere near because honestly I was a little apprehensive going into this
because it kind of you know it sounds like it could be a little gross right
I wasn't sure how it was going to come together
because sometimes you get these gimmicky items and it's very clear they're just doing this to drum
up interest and it's not really to make anything actually edible it's just to get people talking
and posting on the social media and make more money etc etc surprisingly everything works here
I'm genuinely surprised I I am genuinely surprised there's a nice portion of chicken on this
and the chicken is quality you know it's it's cut into little chunks it's grilled chicken
but you're biting in it's juicy it's flavorful there's a good amount of it in every single bite
and the chicken is just good it just tastes good it's obviously good quality the onions
the tomatoes they're fresh they're flavorful so those three basic ingredients that chicken
the onions and the tomatoes are fine they pair together nicely and they are all of good quality
that's exactly what you would hope to see in an item like this or any item for that matter you
want the ingredients to be on par you want them to be you know you want them to be good of course
now here's the interesting thing
the seasoning on the top of it is essentially decorative you don't really taste all that
much as far as the the seasoning goes it's like one of those things it's like it's a garnish it
just looks good you know it's but you're not really going to be able to taste much of it
the dressing on the other hand to me here's the interesting thing and this is why I really
wanted to get a good taste of that sauce on the side maybe it's just the way that it's
prepared now I don't know this is just a guess I'm making maybe it's the way that the dressing
reacts as it's being cooked inside of it or where the temperature difference or something
the dressing inside the papadia itself tastes just like a ranch dressing like if you said all right
what's that dressing and I had no previous knowledge of what the item is I would say oh
that's ranch dressing you know I would not say oh yeah that's the Doritos Cool Ranch but I just
say no that's that's ranch dressing because the the dressing inside the papadia itself
it's indistinguishable from that of a regular ranch dressing so you can't really tell the
two apart it's got that bold sharpness though that ranch generally has and it pairs very nicely with
again the chicken and the other toppings as well but it's just like a ranch dressing but it works
then you have that the dressing on the side there when you dip it into that then
the Doritos flavor really comes in so it's just interesting because they say oh yeah you've got
the dressing that's in it which they claim is the same dressing that's on the side yet the dressing
on the side in its own little cup is far more flavorful in terms of the Dorito flavor then the
dressing in the papadia itself I think that makes sense I just wanted to try to get that out clearly
otherwise the exterior of the papadia is like a flatbread it's chewy you got to
remember that it's going to be a bit chewy but it's firm it keeps everything together
that's totally fine now only thing I wish is that it was a little cheesier
they said there's cheese inside the papadia but I just couldn't taste all that much nor did I really
see a ton of it it's like so some items obviously there's so much cheese you're not going to believe
it this is not one of those items though so really the cheese is more of our less an afterthought
so in conclusion it's a novelty item I have no doubt of that eight dollars in price
it certainly has that seasoning on it you know so if you're concerned about
the Aesthetics of the item it will have that generally it tastes good I'm fine
with it there's nothing off about it there's nothing bad about it it's like a nicer chicken
and Ranch little flatbread sandwich type of thing that's essentially what it is so if
you're looking this looking at this purely from the perspective of it being a meal
then it's going to be fine it's going to taste fine there's not going to be any issues with it
all's well in there for God only things I could say negatively about this it's not very cheesy
which might be a negative for some people because I know a lot of folks out there really want
the cheesy Stuff and secondly you're just not going to be able to taste that Doritos flavor
in the dressing that's in the papadia itself so if you're really getting this and it's like
yeah I really want to taste the Doritos you know I couldn't care less about the ranch
but it's got to be Doritos Cool Ranch then make sure and I will emphasize this make sure
that you get that sauce on the side now it's supposed to come with the sauce on the side
that's a given but if you're there maybe just you know when you get it open the box verify that the
sauce is actually there maybe ask for extra sauce because if you want specifically that
Doritos flavor that's where it's going to be and then you know do whatever you want pour the sauce
all over there pour it on dip it in slather it on your face and let it absorb into the pores
of your skin and uh and just take it that way I mean whatever you want to do it's your sauce
so you know the choice is yours but generally speaking pleasantly surprised it's a gimmick
and the issues are relatively minor it tastes fine for what it is all I'll say is that some people
just might expect a little bit more of an overt Doritos type taste when it comes down to this
item but with that mentioned all in all pretty good for what it is pleasantly surprised price is
eight dollars they're four out of ten I'm going to be rating the DeVito's Cool Ranch Chicken papadia
from Papa John's a 7.5 out of 10. if it were a little more overtly Dorito e in terms of its
flavor then it might get a slightly higher score but all things considered it's fine
for what it is get it while the getting's good therefore that's all that I have for
you thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week