hello everyone this is running on empty food review well hello ladies gentlemen and
everyone watching and being here welcome one and all i'm your host the report of the week and
welcome to this newest edition of the running on empty food review series now you can see i
changed it up a little bit i was standing believe it or not on my own two feet i stood beside this
chair and then halfway through the intro i leaped into the seat and uh boy that was probably the
most action-packed introduction i've ever done to a review um but you know speaking of excitement
and and all of this action going on right here i feel like i'm in like a thriller movie right now
uh you know when i tried out i guess the mcdonald's sandwiches the chicken sandwiches
that is right um probably was it like a month or two ago i lose track of the time sometimes
but i was so excited when i tried those out and maybe you remember if you watched the original
review that i did um i mean i was bouncing up and down in the chair i had this black slime coming
out of my mouth and eyes and it was just crazy um but i only tried out the original chicken sandwich
and the spicy chicken sandwich well mcdonald's has a third chicken sandwich that i never reviewed
and obviously this is one of those times so there aren't a ton of new releases out
so i thought to myself you know what i think this is a good time to just try out that third sandwich
the crispy deluxe chicken sandwich or the deluxe crispy chicken sandwich from
mcdonald's and we'll just try it out see how it is and that'll be that but i mean why not
they have three sandwiches i only tried two out of the three so it only makes sense that
you know at some point i would try out the third sandwich and indeed uh here i am to try it out
so what is the um deluxe sand which you know what makes it so special
and deluxe compared to the other two so it's very straightforward all right what this features is
you know their breaded crispy uh chicken patty right it comes on i believe the potato bun
and then here's the difference it has lettuce tomato and mayonnaise on it and that's what
makes it the deluxe sand which you know a little bit more of like a um you know just like a built
up sandwich it's not just the chicken and the bun but you know you have a couple of
the fixins as they say so that's what it has on it price for the sandwich by the way is uh
five dollars by itself seven dollar meal deal um i went with the meal deal today so i got their fries
and a little bit of refreshment these are some extra pocket handkerchiefs
fries
it is interesting just a little observation i remember when i tried out
the um original and the spicy chicken sandwich both of those came in the pouch
the chicken sandwich pouch but this is just another one of the things that makes this
the deluxe one you can see this comes with the the green box right now i know that's the
radioactive symbol right there but there is no sort of radioactive waste i didn't even mean to
coordinate the tie with this this is kind of funny i never even had no idea it was going to be green
all right deluxe crispy chicken all right let's open this up and see what we have
this is a strange looking bun but you know i'm just not even going to question it i guess
not even going to question it right just is what it is it's
i don't know that's just the strangest looking bun i've ever seen
look at that let me just take the bun off and show you what is this supposed to be
i don't know
i don't know i don't know why that makes me laugh
so much i don't know it's such a strange looking bun
a roma tomato and there is the chicken um with the chicken appendage
you know the ones with the protrusions are a little rarer but they're more sought after you
know there's the bottom bun so let's reassemble the sandwich you saw each component and uh
why does this bun make me laugh so much i don't know it's just so
i just wasn't expecting it i guess that's all i'm trying to say all right
you know i'll be honest um you know i like mcdonald's i mean i go there i mean they're one
of the places one of the few places quite frankly that is open at all hours pretty much at least
over here you know you get these 24-hour mcdonald's and um
you know the food is sometimes hit or miss but i don't know i just have to laugh at this sandwich
just because there's a blob of the mayo if you can see it just because you want to talk about the
difference between the picture and what you really get i mean this is it personified right here
he's big you know supposed to have these leafy leafy lettuce
i have to stop laughing it's such a such a silly thing as this bun but i don't know
just every time i look at it i can't stop myself all right forget it let's just eat it you know
what's on it i know what's on it we all know what's on it uh the deluxe sandwich going in
so it's lurking in the corner there
i mean you know appearance wise i'll say this you know it looks a little
i don't know is shoddy is that the right word for it you know it just doesn't look the best
appearance-wise looks a little sloppy and not necessarily like what you would see
in the advertisement but when it comes down to taste i really can't complain
i think the bun is supposed to have like a little bit of the crease there but i don't
think it's supposed to be as rigid as that and it's supposed to be a little fluffier
but again taste wise i can't really complain um
i think that they're chicken sandwiches and i've said this before and you could
re-watch the review that i did in february um you know just for a little more detailed information
when i originally reviewed them and this this holds true today this chicken is definitely the
closest the the closest thing you're ever going to get to the southern style chicken sandwich
it's just a juicy it's crispy it's flavorful and i will be willing to say that the chicken is high
quality um you know much more so than that of the mcchicken sandwich for instance um but obviously
you as you could see in the cross section um you know definitely a good a good ratio of the chicken
to the other ingredients the chicken again is the star of the dish it's good and um that's
most important so good quality chicken it tastes good continues to and again if you remember the
southern style chicken sandwich that is what this is um most reminiscent of when it comes
down to taste and quality uh the thing that i notice with the deluxe compared to the others
one good thing and one bad thing um and then one neutral thing honestly the good
i like the i like the freshness of the tomatoes they're small but they pack a punch
crisp freshness and um it's just a nice touch you know the tomatoes do add some flavor
and again you could taste the freshness in them uh the one thing that disappoints me a little bit
is the lettuce you know the lettuce is just a little more on the
you know it's just a little more of the there's no firmness to it doesn't taste as fresh um so that's
the one thing i was hoping would be a little more crisp and fresh in terms of the lettuce as opposed
to just softer and a little maybe soggy so to speak um the mayo is innocuous it doesn't really
you know you know how i feel about mayo but it doesn't bother me at all gives a little bit of
moisture the sandwich doesn't really need any but it's not at the point where it's overwhelming
or overbearing uh so i don't really have a problem with the mayo it's kind of just there
and that's what it comes down to uh the only thing that i could say just again as like the neutral
thing um it can be a little slippery at times to hold but that might just depend from person to
person depending on how much mayo they put on it but it's totally manageable i would just advise
you know if you're going to get this just eat it with a good grip and that's what it comes down to
most importantly but i would say you know again the most important thing the chicken the chicken
is good everything else blends together pretty nicely it's nothing incredible you know it doesn't
necessarily knock my socks off but it's not bad either by um by no means is it bad so uh you know
these chicken sandwiches previously i gave like in the seven range and i would definitely say
that this sandwich um it's an easy 7.3 out of 10. uh so that's the rating that the deluxe is going
to get but still i would recommend it if you're interested good quality chicken and that's what's
most important um at a pretty good value too so that's what we have there i just try out the
fries for for the fun of it um by the way i got some questions some people were wondering you're
going to try out the bts meal next month i am there's going to be a review of that so no worries
fries are a little lackluster tonight a little lackluster they just have like this
i don't want to say cardboard consistency but i can't think of much else to say
you know the fries at mcdonald's are always so hit or miss though they ever noticed that it's like
sometimes they're really good sometimes they're not this is one of those nights where they aren't
i wish with the fries there's just a little more consistency because sometimes they're
still amazing but some nights like this one they just aren't that good i wish there was
more consistency with those fries on a final note by the way uh for anyone out there who's
interested i just released a new podcast you could find it in the pinned comment i put it in a pinned
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why not getting the word out letting everyone know that it exists right you have to do that every now
and then otherwise you know how could anyone find it so that's all that i have for you tried out the
deluxe crispy chicken sandwich from mcdonald's pretty average but i can't really complain
that's all that i have for you until next time take care i'm your host the report of the week