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well let's get right into things how about it this time around Wendy's has a new release
because obviously that's never happened before ever but Wendy's does have a new release this
time around now I'll admit a lot of places try this and the results usually wind up being mixed
and I just preface that purely based on experience now every now and then the idea will come along
let's have an Italian themed sandwich and I think you might have even seen that at Wendy's before
I know a year ago Burger King had done that and other places you know do that from time to time
and usually these Italian style sandwiches wind up being one of two things that either really good
or they're really bad and for some bizarre reason I don't know why it is there's very little middle
ground when it comes down to these types of sandwiches now that's just based on experience
of course that doesn't mean there isn't any but usually it's just one or the other I don't know
why it is that way but it's just what I've noticed but Wendy said we're just going to
go forward we're going to give it a shot and I think they feel confident that it's going to
be pretty good so here's what it is Wendy's has released the Italian mozzarella chicken sandwich
now they call it a chicken sandwich but you could theoretically substitute the chicken fillet with
a beef patty and in that case I guess you you wouldn't call it a chicken sandwich but uh I
guess that's for another day but by and large they have a crispy chicken fillet
which again constitutes the chicken part of the sandwich it has a blob of fried mozzarella cheese
on top of the chicken fillet it has marinara sauce drizzled over it asiago cheese and the bun is a
spicy garlic knot bun so it's supposed to have all the flavors of Italy we know and love of course
and you know even if you're not one to travel as you eat this sandwich
breathe it in breathe in the air
eat close your eyes and you're gonna you're gonna pretend you're gonna think actually that you're in
Italy and when you wake up you're gonna be really confused and you're going to be really disoriented
you aren't going to know where you are you're not really going to remember anything you're going to
think like it was an alien abduction or something but uh that's why I'd probably recommend if you
eat this and you you go that route have someone there with you and then they'll kind of get you
back into reality because otherwise uh confusion is bound to ensue based on on the level of realism
that has gone into this sandwich because otherwise I mean you're going to think that
that you're actually on a vacation over to Italy and uh price for this think about it this way
it's eight dollars and 50 cents for the sandwich itself so just for the sandwich
but number one mozzarella cheese I mean you'll you're going to see the size of
that thing that's the first part number two if you get that desired experience
priceless so the Italian mozzarella chicken sandwich from Wendy's yeah I you know I kind of
kid but in the end the ingredients are what they are these sandwiches are Hit or Miss like I said
they could be really good they could be really bad eight dollars and fifty cents for it though that
it's not a price I think many of us really want to see certainly not a price I want to see but
it just is what it is at this point uh many many sandwiches at this point have been in
the seven eight nine dollar range and uh it's just where things are at this point
uh at the very least though you know you can see this still is a pretty big sandwich
and there's some waste to it for sure if you do the tie knot size to sandwich comparison uh you
can see that the sandwich is bigger than the tie knot let's open it up let's take a look at this
Italian mozzarella chicken sandwich
I could smell the garlic I could smell the garlic from from the bun
very strong scent of garlic all right let's get a close-up of this let me I don't want
to get any sauce on my suit if I can avoid it that is I mean if it happens it happens but
there's a close-up
the cheese that's the chicken on the bottom and on the top is that fried
cheese the marinara sauce and there's the bun
so that's what it looks like uh let's D bun
D bun it
kind of has that red
color to it from the marinara sauce
an unforgettable Taste of Italy they say because someone somewhere perhaps said that
all right you know what's in it I know what's in it we all know what's in it
let's try it out the Italian mozzarella chicken sandwich from Wendy's it's going in
foreign
the first bite was a a bit unimpressive the second bite I did get a little bit of
everything I'm going to try to go in for a third bite and try to get you know the real another full
Full Experience so let's uh let's go let's go for this angle right here
foreign
it's not as messy as I thought it would be which is good that's good not as messy and uh well
that's pretty much the only good thing I could really say about it I guess I'll say this
it's not good but it's not disgusting either so that that is a positive um if you could call it
that but it is in a way because all right to compare it to when Burger King released
let me think when this was it was last year last year I was just trying to jog my memory
when Burger King released their Italian sandwich last year and I tried it out that was disgusting
that was like it was just gross you know it was one of those things that it's like it says
you could have things that aren't gross that just taste bad you could have things that are
just disgusting and taste bad this isn't disgusting it just tastes bad that's just
what I'm trying to say in that regard there's a lot of things about this that I just don't like
I understand what they're trying to do with this and like I said for some reason I really
don't know what it is about these Italian themed sandwiches it's just they have a track record and
this just continues Trend unfortunately I don't know what it is about these sandwiches that makes
them so difficult to perfect but there's always so many problems I understand why you know the
approach they're trying to go for but it just didn't work here's the main issue that I have
oddly enough the thing is piping hot and I was surprised actually I was surprised how
long it's it's uh it's just been at this like it all right I got it delivered I already have
everything set up everything's good to go so as soon as it gets in you know I just bring it over
start it up but the thing I mean it was still really it's hot to the touch
and I just it's interesting how certain things retain the Heat
just looking at it it feels really hot but does it look the freshest in the world no it doesn't
but it is what it is certain things just take on certain appearances don't judge a book by
its cover so then here's the real problem the saltiness of this thing is is unbearable it
really is and generally speaking I like salty foods and I am one that for certain things you
know I will I will make use of the salt packets so I don't really mind uh salty things but this
is just unbearable it is just overwhelming I bite into this and all that I could really taste is
the sodium I mean that first bite that I took I know my bites aren't that large and the first
bite I mostly just had a mouthful of the chicken it was just salt that's all that it was was salt
I thought to myself all right this is kind of weird because I've had the chicken sandwiches
before I'll have their chicken nuggets spicy chicken nuggets spicy chicken sandwiches there's
usually flavor to it yeah so much fast food is loaded with sodium we all know that but
when I bite in and that's the only thing I taste it's you're already wanting to scratch your head
you're thinking what's going on here no I don't know let me try to get a better bite so I did
and all right I had a bite of the chicken that second bite I had the mozzarella cheese
the asiago cheese some of the marinara sauce some of the bun all of that what do I taste more salt
the fried blob on the top is pretty much just I know it's cheese but it's it's like it's a salt
the chicken fillet salt the bun a little gar lucky there's no spice to be found here at all
and again really salty I feel like they took this sandwich and they dumped just an inordinate amount
of salt and you've had those experiences right where you might be preparing something and you
know you accidentally put a little too much salt on something could even be something
as simple as just fries right you're trying to add some extra salt to the french fries and you
put too much on and then you know right off the bat that's too much right it's just not
enjoyable anymore it gets overwhelming it gets overbearing gets to that point where it's like
all right a little bit is real good it could add certain characteristics to it too much though it
just ruins it and then you can't really even eat them or if you do it's not going to be enjoyable
probably not going to be good for you it's at that level and uh the only thing
that does a little bit to try to combat the salt is that marinara sauce which is the only thing
on this sandwich that isn't unbearably salty that's the only thing about it where it has
those sharp notes from the tomato and that sharpness as clear as day because
it's the only other characteristic in this sandwich that you could really make out
you can smell the garlic from the bun can you taste it no the spice is there's none to be found
what can I tell you about the chicken it's salty what can I tell you about the cheese it's salty
what can I tell you about the texture of it much firmer than I thought it would be that's another
thing that's not enjoyable if it looked like I was having some difficulty even trying to separate it
that's because there is some difficulty there the thing is dry it's firm and it is packed with salt
and the only redeeming quality about this thing is the marinara sauce which again
that is just as sharp as can be and uh like I said the Tomato there just again has this potent
kind of uh zestiness to it in a way but part of me thinks is the marinara sauce really that strong
or is it just because it's noticeable being that it's the only thing that
tastes different from everything else in this and even so I mean you could
see when I took that top bun off and I'll do it again for you let's let's do this
you could see you know compare the picture to what you're actually getting right
there's not a ton of the marinara sauce there's a little there a couple drops but
I mean it's not necessarily dripping with the sauce it's around the edges but that's about it
you can see it's dry there's not enough sauce to salvage this would have redeem this
in any way shape or form this isn't good this isn't enjoyable and quite frankly it's a waste
of eight dollars and fifty cents for some overpriced pretty much inedible sandwich
because am I going to be eating another bite of this no I'm not going to be I'm not I'm going
to be getting rid of this the second I turn the camera off because there's no joy in eating this
it's not disgusting it's not gross it's not one of those things that'll make you look you
know you'll look at it and you'll think ugh you know it's not like that it's just a bad product
this is something that could have potential like I said
some of these Italian sandwiches they're really good or they're really bad yeah
it fit the profile and not in a good way either which is unfortunate
but Wendy's you know they have some good items too they definitely have some really good releases
this is not one of them though this is not one of them at all and like I said
the only good thing is a sauce and that's just not enough it's it's not a good sandwich it's
disappointing it's very disappointing and for the price too yeah the potential's there but it just
it's bad it's not good so that said don't get this it just wouldn't I I wouldn't advise it
it's eight dollars and fifty cents I mean if you really want to I mean go for it but
it's eight dollars and fifty cents there's better items you can use uh that money to buy
I would advise personally save your money and get something that you'll actually enjoy because this
the one I got this just isn't worth it at all
so considering that it's pretty much inedible it is not enjoyable it's overpriced
and every single ingredient about this thing with the exception of a sauce
is bad and it's tough It's overly chewy packed with so much salt forget it
there's so many bad things to say about this and when the sauce is the Saving Grace and that's it
and it doesn't save anything I mean I don't see any other choice but to give this a yeah I give it
a I give it a 1.5 out of 10. purely because it's not disgusting it's not like I'm gagging it up and
the sauce I mean it's there's one good thing about it 1.5 out of 10 very very disappointing but you
know what we're going to move forward from this and uh next time Wendy's releases an item try it
out and hopefully they'll redeem themselves fingers crossed for that 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