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This is Running On Empty ... Food Review!
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This is Running On Empty Food Review.
I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
So I'm not even afraid to admit it.
This is take two we had a little of a glare issue, but it's been taken care of.
So now we're getting down to business!
Today's review is for an item...you might be scratching your head.
You might be saying, you know, just, "Why?"
The Dave's Single from Wendy's.
Everyone knows what the Dave's Single is.
It's a ubiquitous item.
I think everyone has had dozens, if not hundreds, of them in their lifespan as of yet!
You know that saying where they say, "When certain babies are born, as soon as they arrive,
they can start reciting the words to Beatles songs?"
This is the SAME type of thing!
It is ingrained in our subconscious.
We all know what the Dave Single is!
So why am I reviewing it again?
Well here's the reason why: Despite the fact that the Dave's single, you know, it is, it
is, it is literally in all our subconscious.
Studies actually prove it!
Wendy's has an interesting offer.
And I couldn't even help, I couldn't help.
Well here's the reason why, despite the fact that the "Daves Single" is - it is literally
in all of our subconscious, studies actually prove it!
Wendy's has an interesting offer and I couldn't even help, I couldn't help - as soon as I
saw it I thought to myself "I wonder, I haven't even had a "Dave's Single" in a while, I wonder
if it's worth it?"you see, Wendy's has a promotion going right now where if you download the
Wendys app (that;s on your phone) as ever fast food place has an app and Wendy's obviously
does too but they're trying to promote it.
If you download the Wendy's App and you make an order with it, any order, okay - you can
get 25 cheeseburgers if you want 0 that can be your order, you can just get a drink, you
can get some ice cream a cookie or whatever, but if you make an order on the Wendys app
you can get a free Dave's Single with that order there's no price limit nothing you can
buy a small fries and you can get a Dave's Single for free, this is a fie dollar burger,
it's definitely on the more quality side, its not a dollar menu item or anything you're
paying 5 bucks for this burger otherwise, you can get it for free with a 50 cent purchase.
I think no matter what it's a pretty good deal.
But the question still exists - Despite how "lucrative"so to speak this deal sounds, is
it worth it? - because you can go out of your way to get the app, make the order, you get
the sandwich and then it's not any good!So that question came to my mind because again,
I haven't had a "Dave's Single" in a while and I was thinking, you know, I kind of forgot
what it tasted like.
When I go to Wendy's I like to get the spicy chicken sandwiches, so I thought I'm going
to give it a shot, and, you know, I'll let you know what I think of and and then hopefully
from there we'll know whether you should take advantage of this deal or not!
The Dave's Single is a quarter pound burger, again, priced in the five dollar range.
It comes with American Cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickle, ketchup, mayo and onion.
Think of it as a Deluxe Burger, you know, Wendy's version of a Deluxe "Sandwich".
Which we would call a "BURGER" I suppose.
Alright - so here's what it looks like, let's take a look at it.
As I said it's a pretty standard burger at least as they say it should be.
We'll really see.
So right here they just use vague terminology they just call it a "Hamburger".
So there's that.
Just move the bag like that so you can see the Wendy's Creature like that, staring into
your Soul.
SO they're watching you.
Okay, Dave's Single...
Dave's...
Single.
I'll believe them when they say it's a Quarter Pound Patty.
It's pretty surprising that the Patty actually takes up as much space on the sandwich as
the bun does!
That's something that you don't see very often.
But, you've got the beef patty, right there, okay - there we go.
Got the beef patty, let's see what else is on this, if they got everything.
Oh yeah, you can see that mayo... that mayo action right there.
Glistening in the afternoon Sun.
Some ketchup as well, those are pickles that are hiding in there, they kind of blend in
with the bun but they're there.
You can see the ring of onion around it as well and on the other side - tomato, the lettuce,
the cheese... the cheese is kind of hiding under everything but you can kind of see it
right there, and then the beef patty.
so it does have everything on it, it's kind of consolidated, they kind of just squashed
it in there between the buns, again, this might not be necessarily the signature sandwich
- I think for a while they tried to play it off as being so, but I think the Baconator
is the signature sandwich from Wendy's.
I don't think there's any doubt in that.
But either way, hey!
If you're getting this for free no matter what, this is a pretty complete sandwich for
free, I will say that nonetheless.
Of course, it may look alright - it's again, not the prettiest sandwich in the world but...
it certainly looks like you aren't getting ripped off with the beef, but it all depends
on how good it is!
So I'm going to try it out for you and let you know what I think of it, so it's the Dave's
Single from Wendy's... not the Dave's Half-a-Single... from Wendy's going in!
This right here is what they call a Saucy... a "Saucy Sandwich" right there on the top,
that's all sauce you know, that's all sauce right there, that's a mix of mayo and ketchup
kind of seeping out.
I tell you this, it certainly adds flavor but that might be a little overkill I'll tell
you that!
I don't necessarily think it needs all of that sauce, but, that's an issue that you
pretty much see at every single fast food place.
It's not unique by any means to Wendy's.
I'll take one more bite.
Forgot to take that sip of water!
So what does it, taste like exactly?
You have to remember when it comes down to "Dave's Single" from Wendy's... this is not
a BBQ Bacon Sandwich or it's not, you know, some special themed Burger with HOT Sauce
or anything like that.
It's supposed to be simply, a Standard... but you know as they say, a Higher-Quality
Hamburger.
But you know, the one thing that I did notice with this burger which is a compliment to
Wendy's, all the components that are on this Burger... you can taste.
Despite all the sauce that was on it, everything could be tasted, identified and made out.
You know, sometimes with sandwiches some things just get lost in there - I had that issue
with the Papa Johns pizza i tried the other day.
Sometimes they just get lose and you cant... can't make this out or you can't make that
out.
You can taste everything on this sandwich, the beef patty - you definitely are getting
a quarter patty of beef, it is juicy, flavorful.
It's not like a five-star restaurant quality beef patty, but it's definitely there and
you can taste it and that is the "star" of the dish.
The american cheese blends in well with the patty, it works out there.
the onion, that's one of the first things that i could taste, it's potent but they did
a good job by only adding that one ring of it, on this type of this sandwich it's all
that you need.
if they went overboard on it, then that would be the only thing that you would taste, that
one ring of onion is enough, it adds that potency and adds a little extra flavor and
you get that little bit of tang from the pickles as well.
The lettuce, they say, it's actually does have a little bit of a crispness, which was
described on their website.
I'm glad they got that down.
And uh, you know, the, the, the tomato on this and the ketchup and all of that just
kind of blended together, adds that - adds a little bit of moisture to the sandwich so
to speak.
Overall, Ithink it's a pretty good burger, my only complaint is that they went a little
overboard with the sauce i think they could have cut back on the ketchup on the mayo because
it could end up being rather messy otherwise.
So I think if they just cut back on the mayo and the ketchup dressing on it, uh, it would
be even better.
But considering the context of this review, that you could be getting this sandwich for
free, I say that would be an excellent deal.
It's a pretty standard burger otherwise, but, at least you're getting what you asked for
and again, the main star of that dish is that quarter pound beef party.
So out of ten I'm going to be giving this an 8.6 out of 10.
Because again my only complaint is a relatively minor one when it comes down to preparation
- the amount of sauce that's on this burger.
And that is something that could easily be changed, on, on, by your order.
You could just say, "Please, be a little light on the mayo or the ketchup"and maybe they'll
fulfill that request.
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