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food review
So KFC has a brand new release out
We're getting right into things this time around. They have a brand new release out. I
Tried a variant of this a year ago, and I wasn't a fan of it. I
Didn't enjoy it I threw a bit I remember how slamming it on the ground. I was I
Was I was going crazy. I remember that and what exactly is this exciting build up for?
Its keeping you on the edge of your seats. The suspense is building
You see there's the colonel up there and then there's the other colonel looking at you right there. Very intimidating
What am I building up? It's like there's a title or anything
KFC has released their Nashville hot chicken
and waffles
This is kind of a play what KFC they always like to do is they kind of they take an item
They build off of it and they just kind of keep it going
They keep it going and this is what they do and the Nashville hot chicken and of course, that's just a style of chicken, right?
It sounds of course better than saying, you know the Linden New Jersey chicken. It's a Nashville hot chicken was a really bad joke
But either way ya know they've been doing that since 2016
I remember at first when I tried the Nashville hot chicken
Years ago when they first released and I was not a fan of it at all. I didn't enjoy it
I was I was hating on it admittedly
But then over the years have kind of made some, you know some improvements to it
I still I've always found it to be like a very oily chicken though and it is on the spicier end of things
So we'll see how this one is, but it's taking that and it's pairing it of course with the waffles right chicken and waffles
combination that stuck around longer than the the chicken and pancakes
Combination right there, but a chicken and waffles last year
I did try out their original chicken and waffle sandwich and I wasn't a fan of it, but maybe adding some spice
Maybe that'll do a do it good. Maybe perhaps that they've just improved it a little bit who's to say it's bene here
So we'll see what and by the way
but you can get the Nashville hot chicken and waffles you can get it just where
You get the pieces of the chicken with said waffles on the side or you can get it as a sandwich
they've really been promoting the sandwich and I like the sandwich better because at least you get that full flavor of
everything in one bite and that's us where I'm
going to
Price for the sandwich by itself is six dollars and 44 cents so it so it's a pricier sandwich. Bear that in mind
and it does come with a little bit of a
bit of a sign there you can see
some
some syrup says that
So just original syrup
So it's just original syrup from what exactly no, no. No. It's a syrup
No, it's it's supposed to be like a I think they said a maple syrup. I
Think it's along the lines of those things where it's like it says, it's a sugary
By-product that they can't efficiently say is a syrup. But you know, well, you know what they're trying to get at
But otherwise, it's a very self-explanatory. It's not one of those sandwiches what they're there's a lot to it or anything like that
It's just you got the piece of chicken you got the waffles and we know that it's Nasheville hot style
So it's supposed to be like a spicy chicken and that's really what it just comes down to
No frills nothing crazy about it, but sometimes I think that's for the best honestly, you know
They have less to focus on and they can nail down the flavors better perhaps
Bar barbecue, it's what it says though. It's not it's not a barbecue sandwich. It's tough - fill a hot one and
Let's see
we've got
Will this be a messy one to eat. Maybe maybe it will maybe it won't
There it is you can see
Part of a drenched waffle right there with the Nashville hot sauce
There's the chicken again partially covered though. It doesn't not the most impressed with the sauce coverage. See a lot of dry
dry spots right there
Doesn't means by default that it's a bad product assess that
You would want that full coverage ideally
and there it is up close and personal right there again soaked with the
Sauce, let's just zoom in real quick there. You don't
HD view of it
And let's there I am holding it up for you
Right there but yeah, you can see I mean, it's got this it's got the Nashville hot
Sauce on it, but it could be a little more seasoned but it is what it is. So, you know what's on it?
I know what's on it
We all know what's on it, but we'll see what it tastes like the Nashville hot chicken and waffle sandwich from KFC is going in
Album is that gonna make it so big if you have jaw issues, you can't really
Open the gaping maw big enough to eat it all in one bite
I'll take one more bite, but I'll say it outright. I don't like it. I
am NOT a fan
Not a fan
Can't say I like it at all really?
Here's the issue with it
The flavors don't work
not in the slightest
not in the least and
As a result, it's not to say that
either of them are
inherently bad
it's just the fact that
They're both very prominent
But they clash and it doesn't lead to a combination that I think one would particularly want or enjoy
Again that's not to say that
It's disgustingly that the terrible quality, but they just don't work for instance
the waffles
are they you know, they're very
They're very thick. They're not like they're light or anything, right? These are very doughy
They are
They also soak up that extra sauce like a sponge right you could see that they were just build with that that greasy oily
It's an oil-based sauce and greasy oily sauce
But the problem is that the waffles themselves carry this like vanilla type flavor
That's at that hint that they have and I remember that from the last time that they had as well
All right. Well, we know that that's good if it's the case of being
Let's us say a breakfast type of item, right?
That's not a not an issue at all. Or if maybe you want something a little lighter, but then you mix that with hot sauce
That doesn't work the vanilla
And the cayenne pepper
oily hot sauce
There's no way that works and it doesn't I'll tell you that right now
On their own the waffles are fine. I wouldn't mind that as like a little snack if you really wanted them in there
You know, it's it's it's alright and the Nashville hot chicken. They've had improvements over the years
But you mix the two together and it just does not work at all. These are two flavors that
Aren't meant to be they're not meant to be paired together these vanilla
Waffles and then this extremely spicy
oily and greasy chicken
Just doesn't work in the least. So a huge huge issue right there. It's not pleasant to eat and
That's just a big problem
Another thing, of course that you kind of saw when I was trying to eat it is that it's a very very big thick
Sandwich. So again if you can't open your mouth
You know to extremes then you might have a little trouble eating it. But either way I wouldn't recommend it
Chicken is okay chicken is tender its crispy though on the outside tender on the inside your standard Nashville hotter affair
or I can taste that spice still as I'm saying it's with a spicy chicken, but no look just get the chicken by itself and
Otherwise, I mean the waffles are okay, but they just soak up that hot sauce
And again, it's not meant to be paired with this. That's all that I can really say
So six dollars and 44 cents not well spent when it comes down to honestly is not everything
That's its hit or miss sometimes look they knock things out of the park other times
Not so much and I have to say unfortunately
The Nashville hot chicken and waffles didn't work out at all
therefore out of ten one out of ten not a good item and
They tried I got to give them credit for that and if you want to get these things on their own
That's one thing but together
Just doesn't cut it. So with that that's all that I have for you
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Right there just for you. That's all that I have for you. Thank you. Take care. I was very disappointed with this
But who knows maybe next time whatever they release will be a little bit better
But you can't win them all all that I have. Thank you and do take care and
Just and just attack on to the end here because I realized I was just I was lost with this things
It's just very disappointed but they still have this I don't have high hopes for this but maybe the mrs. Butterworth's
Original syrup is going to save this thing. I have my doubts either way, but let's just see
Yeah, and so we got our syrup right there. The sweetness does not work, but who knows maybe it'll do something
so let's just find out gonna pour a little bit on right there and
now lets us take a
Bite real quick and let's see what we've got
Well, it does add a sweetness
The problem is that the adding more flavors to something that doesn't work to begin with
to just have the sweetness then conflicts with the oily based cayenne pepper spiciness there so
It just doesn't work. Unfortunately, I remember I wasn't impressed if the original combination
But it says the problem is that that's just a sauce that isn't supposed to work with this. It doesn't and
That's just when it comes down to unfortunately, so the sauce pairing could not salvage it. I'm afraid