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This is Running On Empty ...Food Review!!
Well, Hello ladies and gentleman and everyone watching!
This is Running On Empty Food Review!
I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek!
Interesting setting.
I know.
It's night.
You can see just the black void of nothingness behind me, right?
You don't know whats back there!
I don't know what's back there!
You can be back there!
Maybe you are...I don't know?
Either way though I decided, alright, why not?
Let me just bring some lights and we'll go ahead and do this.
There's a new release out from Panda Express.
And I said this has to be tended to and it has to be tended to NOW!
Their Honey Sesame Chicken Breast is back!
I tell you I have quite the story of even trying to get my hands on this thing...
First and foremost, I like to get this off the bat immediately because it's important
to me and that's why I share it.
I do a radio show every week, you know.
I call it a radio show.
You can call it whatever you want: an online thing, an audio stream, a podcast with a little
bit of this and that, a shortwave broadcast .... whatever!
It's on TuneIn, WBCQ, WRMI.
It's on Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/vorw_radio_int Just give it a listen.
Try it out.
See if you like it.
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If you've got a shortwave, open it up, scan around and pick up the show!
It means a lot to me, that's why I promote it every week because, it's just, that's all
there is to it.
So anyway...I've got quite the story about this item.
Let me tell you.
Alright?
I got the plate, I got the plate full of it.
I've quite the story though.
Because you see...I was perusing the food news sites.
And the do exist!
You know I was looking around and they were saying alright they have this thing from KFC,
alright?
And we all know how we feel about KFC.
And then there's something new from Panda Express and I thought, "Well Panda Express,
I haven't been there in a while.
I wanna ... I'll be happy to check it out!
I'd love to."
And it was their new "Honey Sesame Chicken Breast" and they got it around in 2013 and
a lot of people, they loved it.
And now it's back!
And a lot of people are excited for it.
So I said, "Alright, I'm gonna do the online ordering and gonna try to get it."
I make my online order and it's not there!
Now my mind at the time was destroyed!
I was incapacitated.
I wasn't able to do anything.
I was just staring at that blank screen for probably several hours.
Because I originally wanted to film this outside during the daytime about four or five hours
ago.
So you can just think of the monumental impact that had on me!
And .... It eventually occurred me, "Alright, try another one!"
And I tried to order from another Panda Express - same thing.
So then I went in and then I was able to order it in person.
And they said, "Ohh, we're doing a soft release.
It's at all of our establishments but you just can't order it online."
So, it's like a secret club.
Right?
So you can fulfill that...that narcissism, that ego, you can build it up, and you can
say, "Yeah, I'm part of the few that went over and actually got it in person instead
of ordering it online!!"
Right?
Or maybe I'm just thinking way to deep into that?
I don't know!
Either way, it's supposed to be their standard...umm...you know, like crispy chicken bits.
I don't want to call them glorified boneless wings, because they aren't, but I think that's
how I kind of think of them anyway.
They're crispy breaded chicken.
And it's supposed to have like a honey sesame, just type of glaze to it right.
And it comes with string beans and peppers.
There it is!
The good thing about these florescent lights is that they sure do a good job showing off
the food!
Right?
You can see it all there!
I gotta plate.
I think it looks better than the bowl.
So these sides I just chose.
You know, I was just getting some of the fried rice and...etc.
We're really just focused on this part, that's why I'm showing this to you here.
Okay?
That's what it looks like though.
It looks like it's got a nice glaze to it - you can see the peppers, um you can see
a little bit of the sesame seeds on it as well, you can see the string beans too.
It looks very well breaded and thoroughly covered.
So I'm gonna put it down and I'm gonna skewer one with my fork - here's what it actually
looks like up close!
Real close.
Let's see.
Let's see if we can get that ultra high res.
There we go.
Boy what a sad moment that is.
Look a the poor thing.
Well either way, that's what it looks like.
And can we get any of the sesame action?Can we?
Usually they say if you replace your head with piece of chicken it shows up better.
This is not one of those times.
But you can see it anyway.
Just got a nice glaze to it.
So it's supposed to have a little bit of a sweetness to it.
We'll see!
I'm going to try it for you and..ugh..we'll go..we'll go from there.
I don't know why I keep forgetting the name.
That's why I had to write it down in a notebook.
It's the Honey Sesame Chicken Breast from Panda Express...going in!
Mmm...
Wow.
I try to reserve judgment whenever and wherever I can.
But I'll tell you this outright - this is good!
This is good.
Oh yeah!
This is good.
I'm, I'm not even lying to you.
This might be one of the best things I've had from Panda Express.
They...this one is good!
Mmm...
Just delicious.
That's what I really have to say about it because they did an excellent job on this.
See I never had it the first time, right?
Because in 2013 I was in New York and just my area didn't really have a Panda Express
nearby.
I mean I knew what it was, but I just went to local...ugh..local places.
And just up until a couple of years ago, I never had it before.
And I always liked the Orange Chicken from Panda Express and I like the little dumplings
and all that stuff.
But, let me tell you, I can understand why people were raving about this.
This is just completely delicious.
You remember...I don't know if you say this or not, I did the review for that BeeBad Energy
Drink a couple days ago?
And I was talking about honey and I was saying how profoundly sweet it can be in certain
instances.
The way they get that-they get that just very potent sweetness of the honey that it just
permeates all of the chicken.
I mean this is just really saucy - it's sauced up.
Right?
I'm not gonna say that "it's gettin lost in the sauce", but I already said it.
So there you go!
You can get your kicks out of that one.
Umm... but it's just it's very very thoroughly covered in sauce.
It's really sweet, you can distinctly taste the honey but it's not where it's over done.
It's not where that honey is just overwhelming and it's just too much - not at all.
They get that perfect balance of that sweetness in there, okay?
The juiciness, tenderness, of that chicken and the mix of that little crunch on the breading
there too and then they have it seasoned also where it has a little bit of spiciness there
as well, not overwhelmingly, but the way that spiciness mixed with that honey - it just
goes perfectly.
I mean I have nothing bad to say about this.
Uhh...the peppers they're fresh.
The strings beans and the little green beans, they're good too.
It pairs very well with the chicken.
The chicken is just excellent.
I mean I have nothing to complain about there.
They give you a good amount of it - very thoroughly covered with the sauce, extremely flavorful.
And that sauce just tastes really good too.
I mean I have no complaints whatsoever with it.
I think they did an excellent job with it.
Price-wise for this, you know the tray, is $8.
You are getting a good amount of food though.
Of course, there is a discount code online, check their website and take advantage of
it - if you can.
But I mean it's just excellent!
Out of 10?
9.8 out of 10.
Uh because I'm just extremely impressed by it and I think they did an excellent, excellent
job with it.
I'm very impressed by this Panda Express item.
You know you want that little mix of sweet, little bit of savoriness, a little bit of
spiciness too?
This is the thing to get and they do it flawlessly.
I'm taken back by this.
It was a hassle to get, but I'm glad I did because they did a good job with it!
That's all that I have for you ladies and gentlemen.
I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
Hope you enjoyed this food review and I'll catch you again in a couple days with another
one!
That's all that I have for you!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Hope you can, you can, pig out and chow down to some Panda Express now.
That's what I'll be doing.
And that's all.
Take care!