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oh this is big this is really really big as a matter of fact i may actually say
this is huge this has to be the biggest twist of 2022 by far a new celebrity meal is out
an establishment that has never done a celebrity meal before has released one
there is panic in the streets right now people are going crazy people can't even process this
but guess what it's happening anyway whether you can process it or not it's just that big are you
ready you're not well too bad kfc has released the jack harlow kentucky fried favorites menu
so here's what it is kfc has a partnership with jack harlow um if you're not familiar with who
that is he's that guy that does those songs and um that's who he is uh jack harlow though he's um
with all due respect actually i had never heard of him so i looked him up he's actually a pretty
well-known rapper though and he has a number of accolades uh certainly around him and he certainly
has his base of followers a number of uh hit songs as well so uh he certainly is is well known
when it comes down to me and music i just listen to a lot of classics i listen to a lot of 70s
80s uh 90s music so uh quite frankly i'm not too familiar with uh some more contemporary selections
um but either way certainly well known kfc is teaming up with jack harlow and uh they
said okay jack harlow he is from kentucky he he loves his kfc so if you want to be just like him
when you go to kfc now you know what he likes to get at kfc and now you can look
at the kentucky fried favorites menu his kentucky fried favorites menu that is and and you can live
like him when he goes to kfc so here's what mr harlow likes to feast on when he goes to kfc
um he likes to get the spicy kfc chicken sandwich he loves those secret recipe fries
sometimes if he's feeling a little peckish he'll get some extra crispy tenders uh he is a mac and
cheese aficionado and he just loves their their famous biscuits and uh there you have it now you
know i'm gonna be blunt uh with you is there any special meal here no there isn't are these items
already on the menu yes is there anything new here no is there a price difference no
you have existing menu items that have always been there that are at an existing price but they
slapped jack harlow's name on it so now you can go out and buy them because i bet they were saying
you know we're not selling enough fries we're not selling enough biscuits we're not selling enough
spicy uh chicken sandwiches so let's slap his name on it and uh more people will come and get it
and look you know what i can't even i can't even bash them for that this is what all
these places do this is the way it goes so i'm just telling it to you like it is though and um
either way though you know look we're gonna try out some of the food i got it right here
and if it's good it's good but that's just the reality of all of these sorts
of promotions i'm not just saying this against kfc every place does this this is just this is
just how the business is these days so i got a few items here in this bag which um
you know you might think the bag has kind of seen better days but uh it's just the excitement
like that sometimes with these meals people like the packaging for some reason
like i'm giving you a sacrificial offering here
anyway i got the spicy chicken sandwich i got some of their fries and i got
those famous biscuits as they call them so we got the fries right here
we've got this
and this
so again there's no um
special branding again these are their fries right here all right in here these are those biscuits
rolling around
and then over here this is the sandwich right here i'm just gonna do a tiny thumbnail
just try to figure something out because again for some weird reason people like seeing branding
when it comes down to these sorts of meal deals the celebrity meals or something so
i'm just going to go with this i'm going to move my water
out of the way i hate wasting your time with this but it needs to be done
look at that and then another one real quick
something like that
all right good enough i'm gonna give a little sample of this meal we'll see what it tastes
like the spicy chicken sandwich i paid about five dollars and sixty cents for um it's a chicken
sandwich you gotta you've got the chicken right there on a bun comes with some pickles and a spicy
sauce the fries are standard fries i paid three bucks for these and the biscuits are your standard
biscuits i paid two dollars for those so all in all full price for everything about 10 bucks for
uh this meal all right let's try it out there's that spicy chicken sandwich a favor of mr harlows
and let's try it out all right spicy kfc chicken sandwich going in
not bad
not bad sometimes you know i can find the premise of these these kinds of promotions a bit silly
but if the item's still good the item's still good and uh i'll tell it like it is
the spicy kfc chicken sandwich uh certainly not bad at all i really don't have any complaints
as you could see the chicken fillet that's there on the bun um you're getting a good amount of
chicken so yeah it's a five dollar sandwich five and a half dollar sandwich but at least
you're getting a good portion size there's a good amount of chicken it's tender it's juicy um not
bad at all it's got a little bit of a crisp on the outside which is nice texturally it kind of
balances everything out there that spicy sauce is very creamy
but it spreads out really nice and is actually a good kick to it
the spicy sauce on the sandwich it leaves a real spicy aftertaste and the spice just continues to
linger in terms of these spicy chicken sandwiches definitely one one of the spicier ones that i've
had i actually will say and again the distribution of the spicy sauce is uh pretty far-reaching and
again it just lingers like i still feel that spicy aftertaste right now um you know after
i after i've already had some water and you know the bite was already probably a couple minutes ago
so it is a spicy chicken sandwich but it tastes good it's exactly as advertised the pickle is
is nice nice firmness to it and uh that little nice tanginess that always works with the spicy
or just regular chicken sandwiches um pickles are always a good accompaniment there and uh
it tastes good so to be honest i actually i'm a fan of the uh
of the spicy chicken sandwich it's actually a pretty good item and uh you know even if
again there's really nothing special about it in this promotion it still tastes good
so i can't i can't knock them for that all right secret recipe fries a couple of them
fell out in the bag so that's why you know there were a couple more i'll actually just show you
you can kind of see them in there in the bottom all right let's just try out one or two
i was hoping it would kind of break off but it didn't and that looked kind of stupid but
we're just gonna roll with it
secret recipe fries aren't bad either
nice crisp to them lightly salted um pretty unremarkable but still okay definitely not
like some establishments there fries are almost the star of the show these are just kind of
there it's like all right it's a side it's uh something to munch on if i want to but um
lightly salted kind of what you would expect from them but not bad
finally sacrilegious it may be i'm just going to take a bite out of the biscuit
because some people you know they'd like you to cut it open and put butter etc but i'm just
going to go there i'm just going to go and just bite right into it and no regrets it's going in
biscuit's actually better than i thought it would be
i'm just so used to in the world of fast food anyway so many biscuits
it's like you're eating a hockey puck and the thing is just this hard object that you feel
like you're going to break your teeth on so when i bit in and it was actually soft and um
kind of fluffy with a nice little buttery hint that surprised me actually i like the
biscuit probably better than i like the fries at this point so um there's that so all in all
the jack harlow kentucky fried favorites menu um final thoughts as a premise i i understand
why they're doing it but all these places do this mcdonald's does it popeyes does it
um maybe even burger king did it kfc is doing it this isn't a specific attack on kfc it's
just mentioning the premise that you know it is what it is it's just a way that they
could try to sell some items that maybe aren't weren't selling as well or what have you um
you know it's a publicity tactic and that's all that there is to it
but every place does that so as a concept you know i always have a few a few objections
but in terms of the items themselves not bad you know i could think the idea is a little
silly but the items themselves taste good the chicken sandwich tastes good i'm happy with
that fries are what you'd expect biscuits better than i thought that they would be um
again though you have to pay full price for everything there's no special meal deal no
special branding you really wouldn't even be able to tell that this was the jack harlow menu
unless they had to unless they told you otherwise you wouldn't have any clue
um so you know that just is what it is but all things considered at least the food tastes good so
um the rating that i'm going to give is factoring in the idea the premise and just as a meal concept
so i'm going to be giving this a 7 out of ten the food if i was just reviewing the food i'd
probably give it all like an 8.5 um so just purely buy the food i'm happy with it but i
lowered it to a seven just because we're kind of reviewing the whole meal the meal itself the
concept given that there's no branding no identity whatsoever no special price no special value um
they kind of just said look we're just going to put his name on it go out buy these separately
have a nice day that's uh that's why i gave it the rating that i did but you know in the end look if
you like jack harlow you want to support him you like what he does etc um and consider this and uh
honestly i would recommend these at least two of these three things especially the spicy chicken
sandwich and those biscuits quite good if i might say myself may say so myself alright that's all
that i have for you thanks for watching and until next time i'm your host the report of the week