hello everyone this is running on empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review
series I'm your host the report of the week always happy to be here it is a chicken wing Extravaganza
right now I think by any definition you could easily consider it to be not just a wing eating
occasion not just a wing of a view but a wing Extravaganza and I have gone all out for this as a
matter of fact you could actually see some special artwork back there you can see right there there's
a famous painting of that swarm of chicken wings right there so uh you could obviously see a huge
chicken wing themed event I've got the chicken wing pattern tie on as well and this is all in
Celebration of Buffalo Wild Wings latest release Buffalo Wild Wings has done the unthinkable
they didn't just release one new wing flavor but get ready for this they released two
and I have them both and I am going to try both of them out so this is going to be the rare double
review I'm going to try to be quick about it you know just go through one and go through the other
and that'll be that but all joking aside I want to try out these two new wing flavors see how good
they are and uh hopefully now you'll know what it's all about alright so Buffalo Wild Wings as
I said they've released two new wing flavors the first wing flavor that they've released
is sweet chili lime flavor sounds interesting the second wing flavor that they have released
is general tso's chicken so two interesting flavors in my opinion and I think especially
understanding how fast food is these days this has the potential of being very good or very bad
of course we shall see momentarily I should add before we get into the review you know obviously
show you what they look like but price wise these were not the most inexpensive wings in the world
I got 12 wings in total so I got six wings that were the sweet chili lime and then I got six
wings that were General Tso's flavor the price for six Wings boneless or bone-in was twelve dollars
it's actually slightly over twelve dollars so just to get these 12 wings uh it was around twenty five
dollars for them both just the Wings by themselves no sides no drink purely for six wings should
get both of these flavors around 25 bucks not cheap in my opinion but Wings have always been
a little pricier than some of the other items out there so anyway come in the little box right here
again I got six of them it was tough telling them apart but then they put a little sticker
on the back so that makes it easier so first taking a look at the sweet chili lime wings
you can see there they are usually I go with um boneless wings that's my go-to however just
because they were really advertising these as the bone-in variety I just wanted to try to get them
based on how you see them in the advertisement but generally I would get them as boneless wings
that's just my personal preference people can say what they want about that
so there they are and let's get a closer look right there
there we go crispy
looks like it's well
thoroughly coated I should say with the sauce
I can smell a little bit of the um sorry about that I could smell a little bit of almost the
sweetness which is interesting so I don't think there's a talentarily say about these again these
are the chili the sweet chili lime wings from Buffalo Wild Wings twelve dollars for a six piece
I will try these out let you know what they taste like and then we'll just go right into the general
so's wings as well so let's try out the first wing flavor buffalo wild wings chili lime going in
texture really is I'm sure you could probably see they're a bit rubbery but could be worse
really of course I just want to try out the sauce
awkward consumption or not you know it's
you know I'll get the same result in the end not know what they taste like and indeed
I feel already I've been able to get a pretty fair assessment of these
so being that there's more Wings to review I'll be quick I was able to try this one and then I think
I'll be able to build a more accurate uh consensus as to the actual quality of the meat itself when
I try out the other ones but um all right so in terms of the chicken itself first and foremost
the meat itself is of good quality
it's tender it's juicy on the interior flavorful the exterior though I'm afraid
I feel as though it was almost cooked it's not quite overdone but it has this bit of a
rubbery sort of um sort of consistency and as you could see as I was biting in on the skin of it
you know really pulling on it and it was like it was just really difficult to try to um
try to separate each bite because it was as though the skin the fried exterior over the
wings was a solid Mass and it was just difficult to um separate it has that sort of rubbery quality
which you know is never all that good of a thing you know again it could be worse the
interior of the Wings once you kind of break that surface layer much better in that regard
you know so that's just something to be a little a little mindful of all right that mentioned you
know obviously when I try out the other Wings I'll just very quickly see if that's the same
otherwise here's the thing about the sauce
chili lime is a flavor sweet chili lime as a matter of fact
I could taste the sweetness
I could definitely taste the sweetness I could even smell the sweetness
as I continue eating this
Can I taste the lime at all I'm sorry if my delivery is a little a little slow there I feel
something in my mouth it's just weird as a matter of fact I'm just gonna because it's distracting so
pardon me for a moment okay that's what it was there was this one of those little flakes from
the wing it was like on um on the roof of my mouth it was just kind of weird it kept anyway
now that that's taken care of it's there's no distraction there at this point so the
one thing about the sauce that I noticed was obviously it's described as being the
sweet chili lime Flavor now the thing that I was most interested in as far
as this flavor goes I was interested in trying out the lime in regards to this
at all not in the slightest I wouldn't even be able to tell you that there was any sort
of lime node to These Wings I almost thought to myself when I was looking at these I thought did
they put the wrong sticker on this because it's like you know I don't taste any sort of
of uh you know it doesn't taste like the General Tso's chicken at all but at the same time does
it taste like how I would Envision a chili lime to be at all not necessarily as a matter of fact
just because now now I have to do this real quick because I'm just thinking to myself
when I have these two Wings right here these two different wing flavors and I'm just thinking to
myself on the spot because I just want to give a legitimate a genuine first impression here you
know I'm looking at these too I'm thinking all right they say that this one Wing is going to
be a very distinct flavor and I'm not tasting that the only thing that I'm tasting is this little bit
of a sweetness and a little bit of a spiciness but no sort of characteristic that I could describe as
being oh yeah that's chili lime so then I have to think to myself well it doesn't taste like
General Tso's chicken at all but did they somehow mess up that they give me the wrong thing so
no it's like you know when I'm when I'm smelling this which is they say it's the
general so it's one you know I could definitely smell the difference it's like very distinctly
it's like yeah I know that's the general sows except first I was thinking that they just give
me the wrong order because it tastes so unlike how it's advertised and that's disappointing
that's not to say that this flavor that I'm trying here isn't good because it's enjoyable but as I as
I bite into this it's more like a honey glaze to it than anything else you know it's like so I'm
there's a little bit of spiciness to it not much at all though they're way more sweet than they are
spicy but that's about it a mild very mild spicy note to it a pronounced sweetness but that's it
no lime nothing else to it if I had these and I were to give my best description of these without
knowing what they've advertised as I would say oh yeah this is definitely like a some sort of like
hot uh honey sort of a wing flavor if you were to tell me no that's chili lime I'd think huh what on
Earth are you what are you what are you telling me you don't taste any lime here there's not the
slightest note of it so that's disappointing it's one thing if it tastes all right which
it does again but it's specifically mentioned that these are supposed to be chili lime flavored wings
and that's definitely lacking so it's very confusing when it was just so different and
so drastically different than what was advertised that's why I was a bit confused at first and then
given the quality that rubbery note on the exterior slightly overpriced as well I'm a
bit disappointed at first not that these are bad grotesque evil awful vile wings or anything close
to that but it's just are they what you hoped that they would be in my case no they aren't so as a
result I would be giving the chili lime wings from Buffalo Wild Wings the sweet chilies I guess they
kind of got them write with the first word out of 10 I'm going to be giving these a 5 out of 10.
again did they taste all right sure but there's so many other qualities that are lacking hence
the rating that they got now try out the General sews chicken right there again nice glaze to them
and try that out now so let's see if these are as advertised hopefully fingers crossed
so brace yourself from another awkward eating segment and then that'll be that
all right now the general sews flavor from Buffalo Wild Wings going in
well good news in regards to the General Tso's chicken
much better much better in every single regard much better it was it's actually a bit of a
relief because I was just hoping you know come on please please don't be as as much of a letdown as
the sweet chili lime where and I'm very pleased to report that the general sauce flavor is way better
in every single way uh yeah well the the chicken is still a little chewy it's not as pronounced
as the other Wings which is good the quality of the meat itself is just as good on the interior
whilst being better on the exterior the sauce it's a very thick it's a very thick almost
has a honey quality to it it's a bit on the stickier side but it is a very potent sauce
and what I could definitely um taste to it you know it definitely has that sort of
that sort of flair where um you know it definitely has that sort of note that you could just tell
that um you could just obviously tell that it's what it's supposed to be for lack of a
better word but as I'm eating this it has a very pronounced I guess you would say I'm just trying
to think of the right note it's not you know like honey it's got that honey like quality to it but
it's not totally it's got a much more pronounced spiciness to it what I'm trying to say I suppose
and then at the same time it's got this nice sweetness this nice spiciness to it
the spiciness and both the sweetness are far far more than tense than what the chili the sweet
chili lime Wings had but they work very nicely they complement each other quite well you know
it definitely has that that sort of Asian Flair to it which is again exactly what you were hoping for
the sauce again yeah a bit sticky but it's it's just very pronounced very flavorful you could
taste it in every single bite and that spice it lingers on a bit too so as I'm eating it
I could still taste this bit of a spicy aftertaste the sweetness hits you immediately and then it
dissipates rather quickly but the spiciness lasts it lasts it's still there it's not quite to the
point where I would need to um go ahead and you know start guzzling down any sort of uh cool drink
or anything to try to balance everything out but it's definitely pronounced and I would describe
it as more more or less being a more flavorful spice but in short what I'm just essentially
trying to say here of course if you've had General Tso's chicken before you know it has those sweet
and spicy notes to it this is a perfect match for it models those characteristics exactly
it has a very flavorful sauce the chicken is of good quality I think they got the notes just right
I am much much happier with their General sews chicken then I am the sweet chili lime chicken so
while one was essentially false advertising the other is exactly what they said it was going to
be it might be a bit more overpriced but at least one of these two was way better than the other so
if you're interested in these new flavors forget about the sweet chili lime that thing is a letdown
go with the general tso's chicken from Buffalo Wild Wings much better and I think you'll be happy
with it so like I said you see the new flyers or the new ads or what do you know whatever it is
however they advertise at new commercials forget about again the sweet chili lime ignore it go
with the general tso's chicken that's way better as a result I'm going to be giving these wings
an 8.4 out of 10 far better get these if you're interested and that's all that I
have for you sorry if this was a bit disorganized and confused I was a bit
confused myself that's all that I have until next time I'm your host the report of the week