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This is running an empty food review and I am your host the report of the week. So here we are
It's actually midday. What's around mmm
2:05 p.m. Eastern Time. So even if it looks like it is the darkest depths of midnight outside
It's not. Alright, I promise I'm not I'm not lying
Look, you can see the window there why that even matters why that makes a difference. I have no clue, but it's out there anyway
this is going to be a
Battle of the chicken sandwiches. This is this is the face-off of the century right here
In the amount of requests that I got for this was incredible. I was actually surprised. I was checking my Twitter the other day
I know I was going all out
And I was seeing tweet after tweet
People tweeting around saying can you review the chicken sandwich from Popeyes? And
Can you make a comparison to the chick-fil-a sandwich? Okay. I was I caved to the peer pressure I said fine
I'm gonna put it in your hands. I'm gonna make a poll about it. So I said, all right
What do you want me to do? I do you want me to do this? Do you want me not to do it?
All right. You just want me to quit YouTube and people said they wanted me to review the chicken sandwiches. So I went with that
Here's what everyone's talking about
Popeyes is making waves. They were in the news. They're staying relevant and people are saying
Hey Popeyes
Release this chicken sandwich
Kind of like competing with chick-fil-a
Which one do you think is better and you have all this tension going on right? You can see things are
Things are heating up
You have the Popeyes fans who are saying look, I think the Popeyes chickens hand which is best
You know, I got it for four dollars sixty-nine cents comes with a buttermilk
White meat chicken filet, it's breaded of course comes with pickles mayo on a brioche bun
That's the popeyes chicken sandwich. They just released this and
A lot of people are saying I think this thing is delicious. I think it's great
Then you have the of course the chick-fil-a fans who like the standard chick-fil-a sandwich that you know
People say this is competing with which comes with your standard chicken breast
It's on a toasted and buttered bun with dill pickle chips
And I got this one for around 3 dollars and 55 cents and people just want to know they same look which one's better
Which one are you a fan of so I'm gonna try them out
Which one is better, the chick-fil-a sandwich or the popeyes chicken sandwich?
I'm gonna try them both out and I'm gonna be completely honest
Whichever one I think is the best I'm gonna go for it
I'm gonna I'm gonna do my part to try and settle this debate. Now. I always like to get any personal bias out
So, you know, you just know I've always been a chick-fil-a fan
Okay, I always have been I've always liked chick-fil-a a fan of their service and their product but here's the thing
I'm open-minded about this so
If let's say let's say the popeyes chicken sandwich
Knocks my tie off and it's is that good?
I'll give them the credit where credit is due and look I'll say alright, I admit it's better than
Chick-fil-a, or if you're chick-fil-a still maintains the standards and that's that
so
Here's the bag. Here's the Popeyes
Bag
Right. Here's the chick-fil-a bag and there I am with both of them. Oh, yeah, that's really tacky
We got it done
And let's just go for it. All right
Here it is hope yes right there there's the P
There's a napkins - those are actually complementary believe it or not. Oh, that's crazy and
I'm gonna do to the sake of time
You're just gonna kind of take like three bites out of each sandwich and then just go from there. Okay?
Here's the popeyes chicken
sandwich you can see
It is like how it's advertising. I'm not really seeing. Oh there's a is there a pickle? Where's the pickles lurking?
There's the pickle see it's kind of hiding in the mayo
The one thing compared to the chick-fil-a sandwich, and I noticed you know
Chick-fil-a doesn't slather it in the mayo like Popeyes does but we'll see. I'm not the world's biggest Mayo fan
I've said that in the past and that's where I stand it is a bigger sandwich
You know, I saw the picture I was thinking gosh, that's a huge looking sandwich and it is it's actually pretty big
It's almost almost as big as my my head. Not quite
I'm gonna try this out of them and take a few bites and I'm gonna cleanse my palate
with some water then I got there and
Then we just try out the chick-fil-a one so we know what's on this one
I'm gonna try it out and we'll just go to chick-fil-a and then we'll compare them. So it's the popeyes chicken
Sandwich going in. Let's see, which one is better
You ready I'm gonna take a big bite so prepare yourself
And I'm just gonna take a little bite out of the
Chick-fil-a sandwich see how that one is
You know, some people were really really trying to say look you gotta try this stuff out. There's the chick-fil-a one
With the standard chick-fil-a appendage, right? That's
common courtesy I
Know you want me to bite this first and I'll do it. I'll do it for you guys and
there were some people that were actually in protests there saying look a
Review bruh. I'm not gonna brush my teeth until you try these out. So this is for the teeth. Ladies and gentlemen, it's going in
There's my hat in the back
Why not since we got them both side by side, let's just put them next to each other for the heck of it
Why not, right?
So this is the Popeyes one
And here's the chick-fil-a one
And there's my head kind of like that I
Don't know what it's doing. It's in the air, but no they are
something both look like
Which one do I think is better? What do they both taste? Like I
Got to say I got a give Popeyes credit. I have two I
Have had three bad experiences with Popeyes in the past
I mean you remember the the glory days with the shrimp where I was I was destroyed internally from it and
I was very disappointed granted. I
Gotta say the portion size for the Popeye sandwich is
Bigger than I thought it would be but the chicken has this juiciness to it
Which kind of caught me off guard the chicken is more flavorful than I thought. I thought it's gonna be his bland
slab of meat slapped on and slathered with
copious amounts of mayonnaise
I'm surprised the chicken is crunchy and it's more flavorful than I thought that it would ever be and
The Mayo I think there is a little too much mayo on it for my liking anyway, but the pickles, you know
Add that good tang to it. The chick-fil-a sandwich on the other hand isn't as large
You know, definitely the size of the chicken patty isn't as big
but the chicken certainly does pack that punch in terms of flavor as well and
You know, I think
With the pickles, it's still they're very similar sandwiches. I got to say that
The pickles still give that a little bit of a zesty tang, but there is no mayo on the chick-fil-a one
Which one?
Am I a fan of because you know, I got to be honest completely
Both of these are decent sandwiches and I've always been a chick-fil-a fan, but the Popeyes sandwich
For what it is. They actually it's a tasty sandwich. I have to give them credit
You know that breading isn't overwhelming but it gives it a nice crunchiness. The meat is so juicy and flavorful
And again, I like that little you know, both both of them have the pickles that really do contribute in my opinion and necessary
tang to kind of offset everything else but of the two sandwiches
The Popeyes one was close to four dollars and 70 cents
The chick-fil-a one was actually it was lose three dollars and 20 cents
From what it is compared to the quality of the chicken for both of them. I
Mean, I'm still a fan of chick-fil-a. I gotta say both of these are equally I mean, they're both they're both good
Okay, I have to tell you this people wanted the decision. I just tried them both. I'm still a fan of the chick-fil-a
original chicken sandwich
But you have to remember when you're picking between two things
sometimes it's like
This is the worst chicken sandwich of my life. It's disgusting
It's repulsive and so on and so forth other times
It's like yeah Wow, I mean, they're both pretty good. But I think this one is slightly better, you know, and here's why
That's what it's like you have to remember and I know right now you have you have the Popeyes loyalists
They're already there dishing out the pitchforks
They're lighting up the torches. They're getting the angry mob. They're getting it ready. People are fuming right now
I think about two dozen have already destroyed their computers in rage
over this
I had to set up a little bit of a
block out the Sun
they're angry at the napkin and
They're in a rage but here's the thing fear not okay, I
I'm a fan of the popeyes chicken
Sandwich - I just so happen to think that I think for the price for the value
I think that the chick-fil-a chicken sandwich just tastes a little bit better, especially
Price considered but that doesn't mean that I think the Popeyes hand which is terrible. No, not at all
I think you know what Popeyes should give themselves a pat on the back and
While I have my favourites and while I do think that the chick-fil-a one tastes a little bit better than the Popeyes one
Don't don't take that as me saying I think the Popeyes one is terrible because I don't at all
out of ten, I would rate the popeyes chicken sandwich a
six point seven out of ten
The chick-fil-a chicken sandwich. I'll give a
7.3 out of 10
So you can see that there is a little bit of a difference but it's not like the Popeyes one is one out of 10
And the chick-fil-a is a nine out of ten
I think the chick-fil-a slightly better, but the Popeyes one for what it is
Especially considering the track record that Popeyes has had in the past. I think Popeyes is still pretty good
That's all I have for you. Ladies and gentlemen, I decided to compare them side-by-side. Thank you and take care