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getting right into things one of the most I'd say common interests that a lot of people all
over the world have is the the concept or the idea at least of international travel right
whether people actually go ahead with it or not I think there's always that sort of
sense of curiosity for lack of a better word and a lot of people to try to to even just think what
are things like over there you know I wish I could see this Landmark site etc etc a lot of people
travel and in some cases even if people can't really travel they may do some research and try
to take things and that's why travel documentaries travel videos you see so many videos on YouTube
and all other sites of people you know walking around in different parts of the world and taking
in the experience and a lot of people will live vicariously through that some people will study
the cultures and all of that from different countries my go-to when it comes down to you
know trying to learn more about all the different countries around the world I think a lot of people
might initially say with me oh uh shortwave radio right I mean you talk all the time about listening
to different radio stations from all over the world so that has to be it right this answer will
probably shock you your jaw is actually going to unhinge itself and fall to the ground so maybe get
a little basket or something to catch it because it's going to happen my go-to is Burger King
because Burger King is a master and I cannot stress that enough they are a master innovator
and they're going on a world tour right now Burger King has released an international lineup
of chicken sandwiches and I feel like I'm learning more from these than I
ever have anywhere else before and they've released three the American chicken sandwich
the Italian chicken sandwich and the Mexican original chicken sandwich
all right I know I I know I can kid with this but in all seriousness
these International lineups of these establishments like I said sometimes
I I can't help but kind of see it as a as a little silly from time to time but you've had
establishments do this for a couple years ago back in 2018 McDonald's did their International
lineup of various meals and that could it could actually be pretty fun it's not always the most
accurate representation I'd say of one country or the next but sometimes the items will at
least have a bit of a unique Flair for lack of a better word and sometimes they can still be quite
good quite inventive and just a bit of a bit of fun overall so Burger King is giving this a shot
and today I'm going to be trying out the Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich
so here's what it is I mean obviously when we think of Mexico this is what we think of
you have a long bun and you have a chicken patty that's also long on top of it is spicy queso
crispy jalapeno peppers and a sesame seed bun and I believe it might also have some cheese as
well probably goes into the the spicy queso six dollars for the sandwich by itself and this is
what it looks like now I have not seen this in any packaging like this but I would just have
to assume that they ran out on my end and they just put it in this but in this white wrapping
now this is a this is one of those technicalities that I'll focus on anyway before I before I show
it to you it's just one of those things that I did see some genuine legitimate confusion arise
from so I'll cover it right now the name of this product is the Mexican original chicken sandwich
one thing that I have a tendency to do when I review various products and so do other
reviewers and even the fast food news sites themselves I like to emphasize when an item
is brand new and you see this in my titles all the time I'll put new in front of it so you know the
new this and that and the other thing the new chicken sandwich the new blah blah blah Burger
Etc again just to emphasize so folks checking out the video now oh yeah this is a new release
well in this case if I were to put in the title that this is the new
Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich some people might think that it's actually a chicken sandwich
themed off of the U.S state of New Mexico because then it would be oh it's the new
Mexican original chicken sandwich and there's been some confusion about that people were
thinking wait a minute is the name of this sandwich in regards to the U.S state or are
they trying to say that it's the new Mexican original chicken sandwich and after some
research it is the latter so that hopefully clears up any confusion now opening this up
here it is
yeah to me when I see that that absolutely screams Mexico right there
I mean that's it that that is it I think they hit the nail on the head
you could see a little crispy the long bun and the long chicken patty
that's the that's the queso right there and those are those crispy jalapenos and if we debun
there's a better view of it all you can kind of take it in you could see the queso it's like a
very it's a thicker it's a thicker sauce with again the jalapenos pictured there
and there you have it all right you know what it looks like I know what it looks like I
think this is going to be a good place to start really get all that flavor in
so like I said you know what it looks like I know what it looks like we all know what it looks like
let's try it out it's the Mexican original chicken sandwich from Burger King going in
imagine if you had one of these sandwiches and you can go into some sort of
secret Laboratory
and you had a sort of scientific contraption that could
enlarge the sandwich and you can make it probably like three feet in length
and then you stick some wheels on the bottom and then you could ride it around like a like a giant
longboard and that could be a new means of transportation wouldn't that be something
okay
this is one of those items
well for lack of a better word I could best describe it as basic
I thought for sure that there would be more to say about this than there actually is so I don't know
how long I'm going to go on for here because as as I just said there's not as much to talk about
as I thought there would be first things first it's pretty basic it's not one of those items
that's going to have me blown away that's going to make me say oh wow this is this is incredible
however it's not one of those things that's going to shock me and say this is incredibly
bad either it's just basic it's like it reminds me of cafeteria quality food so take that as you will
here's what I notice about it quality of the chicken first the chicken itself as you see
with a lot of these sorts of chicken patties obviously the chicken fillets are are generally
speaking far superior in quality this always has a little bit of a spongy sort of taste to
it where especially a spongy quality I I should say so that's the first thing to mention when
you get that the quality is always a little iffy so don't go here expecting a five-star
restaurant quality chicken or anything like that it's going to be spongy it's going to be
it's not going to be it's going to be a little bit dry on the dry side there isn't going to be
too much of a crispy crunch texturally from what I could notice it's your standard very low grade
chicken patty I think you come to expect that though and you see these sorts of things and
you even just look at the picture you kind of know what to expect it's very similar in quality
let's say going over to McDonald's and looking at the quality of their McChicken sandwich it's just
like that you're not looking at the highest quality top of the line a chicken here again
it's going to be spongy a bit on the dry side it's not going to have a good contrast between
any sort of crispy crunch in the breading versus the texture of it Etc so quality of
the chicken it's one of those things that I kind of just shrug and I I sit there and I think well
it is what it is was I necessarily expecting anything better or worse not really it's just
what you uh what you kind of you come to expect when you see things like this all right secondly
looking at this at the toppings here we have the spicy queso and the crispy jalapeno I should also
add very quickly that the bun just is what it is it's a very chewy bun one of those items
the bun doesn't soak up a ton of moisture or anything like that it provides a little bit of
structure it holds everything together but uh it does add a considerable chewiness to the sandwich
and it's one of those buns that I still can feel a little bit of it stuck to my teeth so once I'm
once I'm done with the review I'm going to brush my teeth and clear off any excess debris there
so that leaves us with the two toppings the spicy queso and the crispy jalapeno
and here's the thing it's not explicitly mentioned in the name of this item that this is supposed to
be a spicy chicken sandwich because it doesn't it doesn't mention that anywhere it doesn't say
oh this is the spicy Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich Etc so people may not go into this
expecting a ton of spice but when you look at the ingredients here you could clearly see that spice
is being emphasized you got the spicy queso you've got the crispy jalapenos so all the
key signature ingredients are on the spicy side that's what's supposed to be I guess the Mexican
thing about it obviously very Americanized but nonetheless that's that's what they're going for
well this is where it gets disappointing now I know and I talked about this in the last review
that I did so I'm not going to try to sound like a broken record here we know that all
these establishments when they try to release a spicy item it's not always it's not ever as spicy
as you think it's going to be when they say ghost pepper this and ghost pepper that obviously it's
not going to actually be that that hot but in this case when I see the ingredients with this Focus
I would have hoped at least to taste a little bit of spiciness instead when I bite into this
the spicy queso to best describe it it's very thick very creamy
I would call it zesty for lack of a better word it's got this sharpness to it that you could
definitely taste but correspondingly as sharp as it might be it's equally salty and this is
starting to bring back some bad memories of that Italian chicken sandwich that I had from Wendy's
which I don't even want to go there because that sandwich had a lot of saltiness too and
was lacking a lot of the characteristics that I thought it would have and this is starting to get
on a similar level but not as excessive thankfully but the thing is a lot of the spice that I was
hoping to detect seems to be replaced by saltiness and that's a bit disappointing that spicy queso
there really isn't any spice to detect rather it's very sharp zesty but salty at the same time
as for the crispy jalapenos spice level was very mild it's it's there a little bit but it's not one
of those things that I think wow this is spicy and I'm there grabbing the water frantically and I'm
going crazy and I'm sitting there with tears running down my face it's just not happening
so again it's a salty sandwich there's a good deal of sodium to this if I had to guess
mild spice very mild spice the spice kind of hits you a little bit then it dissipates
immediately so the spice level is extremely mild barely noticeable it's again on the saltier side
I would not necessarily say when I eat this that it's it gives any sort of Mexican note
in my opinion it just doesn't really strike me as that the spice is mild it's one of these
sandwiches I think they missed the mark on it is it still edible yeah absolutely is it enjoyable
depends it's something to eat it's not disgusting it doesn't taste bad but it's really not all that
either I would say it's a low quality low-grade chicken sandwich I think there's plenty of better
things out there but it's one of those items where it's like yeah maybe I'll try it out what the heck
it's one of those things but don't get this expecting this to be just like Mexico and that
it's going to be really spicy Etc price for this six dollars for the sandwich a bit overpriced as
well out of 10 I'm going to be giving the Mexican Original Chicken Sandwich a 5.5 out of 10. that's
all that I have for you until next time I'm your host the report of the week take care