Hello everyone this is Running On Empty
Food Review
You know I wasn't even planning on doing a review today
if you watch the the last video that I did kind of talking about the backstory as to why I do these food reviews I
Was hinting that I was going to do something on Thursday
But this morning after I woke up. I was kind of browsing around and I saw an advertisement
I guess this kind of goes to the power of advertising because I was so captivated
I was so enthralled in what I saw I said I gotta get meself
over to uh to Burger King
This is their and what I saw was their advertisement for their their new
spicy crispy chicken sandwich and
It's the advertisement that's probably making its way around online right now that features
Mr. McGregor who if you know who he is he's that famous two-time
Olympian luge player I
Should I shouldn't say that he'd kill me if I said that. No, he's the famous fighter
you know very very well-known in his field and
Anyway, it's this incredible commercial features him. I even took notes on it
He's angry
You know he's got this this pent up anger and frustration
at what we don't know you know we don't know if he's just angry at the world if
If he's maybe he was having a bad day
But he's on this private jet and I was trying to figure out
Well who owns this jet you know is this his own personal private jet or does Burger King on it
I suspect it's Burger King's private jet but I don't really know I couldn't I couldn't figure that one out
But I think it is based on the seat coverings
anyway
They kind of they're in this dark airplane hangar and Burger King the Burger King king of all people shows up in his black SUV
and the
kind of transact business
as though they were dealing
how to say with non Burger King related substances they transact these items and
Sure enough the Burger King King gives him the spicy crispy chicken Sandwich
and you know he's
He's putting his doubts to it because he's you know in the commercial
He's on the same level as the King right so they're there one on one
And he's putting his doubts to it. He's saying. I don't think this is gonna be that good
but he bites in and
It is so evident and obvious
He reaches this
indescribable level of pleasure and
immeasurable
ecstasy
From biting into this sandwich. I mean full body you see it in the video
He's just taken to another world when he bites into this sandwich
And I mean it's incredible when you when you see it is
it's something else and
He says word for word; I wrote this down in my notes, he says "So spicy and
crispy and juicy"
and
He's just as I said he's in another place by this sandwich because in the commercial it says that its that
Captivating he just that enthralled in it
and that says the power of the sandwich as being emphasized in the commercial and
He says at the end
"From one King to another,
this packs a real kick"
So
What I think they're really trying to emphasize when it comes down to the sandwich. It's a crispy chicken sandwich
It's pretty simple for what it is crispy chicken patty so it's of course breaded fried crispy
Supposed to come with some lettuce. I don't think it's the "foot lettuce" just standard lettuce, tomato, mayo
Potato roll, but it's supposed to be a little bit on the spicier end. Think of Wendy's sandwich right think of the Wendy's
Spicy chicken filet. This is what they're trying to
essentially
compare it to and try to market it as something similar to that I would presume where the flavor itself is baked in and
It's supposed to I suppose is pack a little bit of a "punch," as they say. so with that, I was able to obtain
One of these famous sandwiches
And shall we see what we ended up with?
There was a little confusion when ordering this because I suppose they
Have a junior version, and then they got the big one so they kept saying
"You want the little one or the big one?" and
I think
This looks like the correct sandwich, so that's good
Here's what it looks like, right.
You can see it's got that crispy patty, you can see some of the mayo, some of the lettuce.
That, the tomato there on the potato roll, potato bun.
Got the Sauce on it
There.
and uh
Yeah, there you go. It's just a yeah as I said, this is their spicy chicken sandwich, so I'm just gonna see if this
Kind of matches up on the level of spiciness as portrayed or not and we'll just go from there
This is the spicy crispy chicken sandwich from Burger King going in. *bite*
*eating* *munch* *crunch*
*swallow*
*eating* *munch* *crunch*
*swallow*
*munch*
*crunch* *eating*
*judging sandwich*
*maybe done?*
*no, one more bite*
*exposes sandwich*
*that focus!*
*one last look*
*swallow*
You know,
*crinkling*
let me wash it down a little water, here
*sippy sip*
*looking good*
Burger King as we know is been hit-or-miss
As I said the last time I tried the cheesy tots I wasn't necessarily impressed
But just because a chain has a record doesn't mean
automatically an item should be taken and perceived as bad or otherwise and
This is one of those things now. I could tell exactly from how the sandwich is
Presented how its prepared, but they're kind of going after or trying to at least compete with Wendy's with their spicy chicken filet sandwich
And when it comes down to it. I thought for a sandwich like that. They did a pretty good job. I
Was surprised you know the lettuce there could have been a little more lettuce,
You know, that's the one thing but the tomato. I think you saw they gave you a nice,
juicy slice of tomato that was pretty fresh, so there was no complaint with that that was good, that actually
kinda was there I feel to offset some of the spice the
Chicken patty itself was you know it was a little juicier than I actually had expected it to be so
that was a plus. It was a little bit on the juicier side. It was pretty good in that regard and
Uh it definitely did have that crispiness to it
I'm sure this camera usually does pick up the krispity krunch pretty good
So I'm sure you could hear that now for the spiciness the big question everyone's wondering about
when they portray it as
"spicy"
One discrepancy to clear up is there's a difference between
spicy and
Something that's burning hot
Okay
There is one reason when I was going on Popeyes for their ghost pepper wings people they they think with ghost peppers
It's burning hot. You know it's something that
"Give me the water!" you know, "I'm dying here"
Whereas spicy,
Is supposed to really mean
It has a little bit of spice
Something that might emphasize it might give it a certain flavor
you're craving that day, but not something that will put you in absolute misery and
Mr. McGregor as he was eating that sandwich was not in misery as a matter of fact as I said he was just in a state
a state of pure serenity as he was just gobbling down on that thing and
The spiciness here is much similar to the Wendy's one where it's baked in spiciness
It's mostly pepper based, but you definitely taste that it's there with every bite. It's in the breading and
You know it's definitely a noticeable spiciness. I think it kind of emphasizes the flavor of the chicken adds to it
It doesn't really detract from it in any way it's not weak enough that you can barely taste that nor is it strong enough that it
You know takes away from the eating experience in and of itself
I think it's a good balance so for what they were looking for what they're trying to do with this sandwich
I think they did a fairly good job with it in my opinion
Price-wise for this was four dollars because it's the bigger sandwich
It's a you know. They have the junior one then they have the bigger one this was a bigger one and all things considered
You know just thinking about well was it
Spicy, you know how was it?
I think they did a pretty good job on it so as a result that's gonna be getting an 8.8 out of 10
Rating from me because compared to some of the past chicken sandwiches. I've had. This is an improvement definitely the chicken is definitely
juicier, tastier
and, you know I don't think it was any
Deceiving way in terms of the spice. I think it's as spicy as I kind of
Portrayed it to be in the commercial
So finally my final remarks as Mr. McGregor said word for word in the commercial. He said "Thanks to all you haters,
For putting me in a new Goodwill necktie." That's right!
All right, that's all that I have for you ladies and gentlemen. I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek
I'm still aiming for that video on Thursday. You know we'll see what comes of it.
We'll see what happens, but until next time. Thank you for watching take care, and I hope you enjoyed this review!
That's all. Have wonderful remainder of your Tuesday. :)