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On 9/14/2021 at 4:54 PM, Brisketexan said:

Also, the boy sent this pic the other night - it was his dinner on his meal plan in Berlin. Fried chicken served with slaw and an unseasoned avocado purée:

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This is why they lost WW2.

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20 minutes ago, ztejas said:

This is why they lost WW2.

I remember stopping at an American bar in Amsterdam cause I was curious and looked like a good atmosphere, but fuck that food was awful. Thankfully the stuck to Dutch and Belgian beer. 

You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

On 9/16/2021 at 3:18 PM, woohorn said:

Had the "new" cluck today and it was good. The breading looked a little different than when I tried it originally, but it tasted the same. The bbq version tasted like a chicked mcrib (nttiawwt-I love me some mcrib). I guess that fast food bbq sauce all pretty much tastes the same.

If I ever have to go to jitb when I am not wasted (tiny tacos ftw), I'll get it again.

Yeah, those loaded tiny tacos are good

18 hours ago, shnsajax said:

I remember stopping at an American bar in Amsterdam cause I was curious and looked like a good atmosphere, but fuck that food was awful. Thankfully the stuck to Dutch and Belgian beer. 

Don't even ask me about New Zealand fajitas.

Once when I was living in France, my local coworkers forced me to go to a Tex-Mex place.  The French love their steak "bleu" which is more rare than rare, and they gave skirt steak the same treatment.  It was every bit as awful as you'd expect.

In Amsterdam my local coworkers insisted I go to a Texas-themed restaurant that had chicken fried steak, chili, and enchiladas, and actually wasn't terrible.  They had Lone Star too but I stuck with the Belgian beers.

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Had the KFC spicy sammich today, had some kick and nice crisp. Really good but a notch behind Popeyes. Now, the fries were complete ass my dude.need the wedges back.

1 hour ago, utee94 said:

The French love their steak "bleu" which is more rare than rare, and they gave skirt steak the same treatment.

This made me laugh heartily. That sounds so awful.

  • 4 weeks later...

"Hottie Sauce" new and coming to Popeye's soon, marketed in tandem with someone named megantheestallion.

The apocalypse is officially upon us.

 

9 minutes ago, Chopper said:

"Hottie Sauce" new and coming to Popeye's soon, marketed in tandem with someone named megantheestallion.

The apocalypse is officially upon us.

 

If you listen to Megantheestallion's #1 song it will confirm your fears of the apocalypse. 

1 hour ago, texashorne said:

If you listen to Megantheestallion's #1 song it will confirm your fears of the apocalypse. 

Sounds like I'll enjoy it more on the speakers than on earbuds. I'll have to wait for the tile guys to wrap up before I listen to that sweet sweet dance music.

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The rapper created a sweet and spicy sauce for your chicken sandwich.

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Bet it’s very similar to this one. It’s pretty good though, but nobody does anything new these days.

 

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42 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:

Had this in Plano, ranks amongst the best.1b58422d4b15632977e5c388bafb2bf1.jpg

But I'd have to go to Plano.

1 hour ago, Deej said:

But I'd have to go to Plano.

I’m assuming that’s the place by Baylor Plano.  Sometimes you have to go to visit someone in the hospital, or have a doctors appointment in one of the professional buildings adjacent to the hospital.  Good to know that there’s a legit chicken sandwich within walking distance.

2 hours ago, Deej said:

But I'd have to go to Plano.

I've been to worse places in Texas.

Much... much worse places. 

On 10/14/2021 at 7:16 PM, Covri said:

Bet it’s very similar to this one. It’s pretty good though, but nobody does anything new these days.

 

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Sweet and spicy Sriracha. As opposed to what other kind of Sriracha? Is there one that isn’t sweet and spicy?

Caught another woody chicken breast last night when ordering the sandwich.

One bite and in the trash.

I know it's a roll of the dice, but it has happened more at Popeyes than other joints.

The popeye's megan sandwich is honey, aleppo pepper and cider vinegar. Seemed to have potential so when it was on the menu today on my drive between Boulder and Fort Collins, I ordered one. Very mediocre. Very slight spiciness. Couldn't taste the vinegar. Honey dominated. Very boring, really. Much like her music.

Sweet and spicy Sriracha. As opposed to what other kind of Sriracha? Is there one that isn’t sweet and spicy?

I’ve never had regular Sriracha that was sweet in any way. Is that some Ohio thing?
3 minutes ago, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

I’ve never had regular Sriracha that was sweet in any way. Is that some Ohio thing?

Are your tastebuds dead? Huy Fong is the flagship brand and if you don’t think it’s sweet then they must be. Holy crap. 

I’m assuming that’s the place by Baylor Plano.  Sometimes you have to go to visit someone in the hospital, or have a doctors appointment in one of the professional buildings adjacent to the hospital.  Good to know that there’s a legit chicken sandwich within walking distance.

It’s off of Preston and Bush tollway
Are your tastebuds dead? Huy Fong is the flagship brand and if you don’t think it’s sweet then they must be. Holy crap. 

Nope. Have some of that in the fridge.
49 minutes ago, Stunns38 said:


It’s off of Preston and Bush tollway

Which is where Baylor Plano is located.

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Are your tastebuds dead? Huy Fong is the flagship brand and if you don’t think it’s sweet then they must be. Holy crap. 

Usually this guy has a bag...but in this case he is right.  Sriracha has fucking sugar in it and pretty much any google search you do on "Sriracha flavor profile: is going to mention sweetness.

Point Ohio.

All that said I am guessing CFA revs up the sweetness though never tried that sauce there

It's definitely sweeter than regular sriracha.  Like a blend between Americanized Chinese sweet and sour sauce, and sriracha.

  • 2 weeks later...

Tried Megan Thee Sandwich yesterday - agreed that it's a dud. Do not recommend. 

The sauce itself is a slightly sweeter and more viscous version of their familiar Sweet Heat. 

The Wendy's Ghost Pepper sauce slams and goes hard and I hope it becomes a permanent offering. 

57 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Tried Megan Thee Sandwich yesterday - agreed that it's a dud. Do not recommend. 

The sauce itself is a slightly sweeter and more viscous version of their familiar Sweet Heat.

Yep, the best bite was that little corner that sticks out of the bun, is all crunch, and has no sauce on it. Downhill fast from there.

On 10/19/2021 at 7:42 PM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

I’ve never had regular Sriracha that was sweet in any way. Is that some Ohio thing?

 

On 10/19/2021 at 7:48 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

Are your tastebuds dead? Huy Fong is the flagship brand and if you don’t think it’s sweet then they must be. Holy crap. 

 

On 10/19/2021 at 8:38 PM, T’Boo Ted Marshall said:

Nope. Have some of that in the fridge.

 

On 10/19/2021 at 9:13 PM, Surly Bevo said:

Usually this guy has a bag...but in this case he is right.  Sriracha has fucking sugar in it and pretty much any google search you do on "Sriracha flavor profile: is going to mention sweetness.

Point Ohio.

Might there be some sugar in it? Sure, I guess but a ton of stuff has sugar as an ingredient and isn't what I'd classify as "sweet." Several salad dressings for example. Never thought of Sriracha as a "sweet" sauce. Plus once you consider the source, pretty easy to side with @T’Boo Ted Marshall on this one.

Point deducted.

try chili garlic sauce or sambal oelek and then some sriracha right afterward.  sriracha is way sweet. 

On 10/29/2021 at 7:41 AM, Prepuce of Doom said:

Tried Megan Thee Sandwich yesterday - agreed that it's a dud. Do not recommend. 

The sauce itself is a slightly sweeter and more viscous version of their familiar Sweet Heat. 

The Wendy's Ghost Pepper sauce slams and goes hard and I hope it becomes a permanent offering. 

Do they use really big thighs?

56 minutes ago, Deej said:

Do they use really big thighs?

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  • 4 weeks later...

Don't bother trying BK's Ghost Pepper nuggets. Less spicy than Wendy's standard spicy, and not as good. 

4 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Don't bother trying BK's Ghost Pepper nuggets. Less spicy than Wendy's standard spicy, and not as good. 

Don’t bother going to BK…ever 

4 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Don't bother trying BK's Ghost Pepper nuggets. Less spicy than Wendy's standard spicy, and not as good. 

how can something be “less spicy” than not spicy?

21 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Don't bother trying BK's Ghost Pepper nuggets. Less spicy than Wendy's standard spicy, and not as good. 

The employees probably licked all the spice off of them before giving them to you. 

Location got shut down and the whistleblower lost his job.  I'm never stepping foot in one, but thinking rats aren't in a lot of restaurants is plain wrong. 

 

If you've been to London you probably know how challenging it can be to dine out and have delicious food unless you're at an expensive restaurant. Good news though, things are getting a little better.

Hundreds Line Up as Britain’s First Popeyes Opens

On Saturday, curious customers waited for hours at an East London shopping mall to get a taste of the Louisiana-based restaurant’s fried chicken.

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LONDON — There were biscuits, just not the kind British people know.

“It looks like a scone,” Victoria Ubochi said after trying a biscuit, “but it doesn’t taste like one.”

One of the challenges for any company expanding internationally is translating the cultural elements of its brand to a new market. For Popeyes, the American fried chicken chain that opened its first outlet in Britain over the weekend, the challenge was biscuits, which in British English means cookies, not flaky, tender bread.

On Saturday, hundreds of customers waited in line for hours in a food court at the Westfield Stratford City shopping mall in East London for their first taste of Popeyes. Some said they had heard about the frenzy it stirred in the United States in 2019. Others had heard about the brand through references in rap music. (“Then I get there and all the Popeyes is finished, girl,” one Kanye West song goes.) Some Americans living in London said they were eager for a taste of home.

Tom Crowley, the chief executive of Popeyes U.K., said that it was clear from focus groups that the typical British customer was confused about the concept of a buttermilk biscuit. Further complicating matters was that biscuits looked like scones, which are typically served with hot tea, not eaten with fried chicken.

Focus group participants, he recalled, would say: “‘Why are you giving me a scone with chicken? I have no idea what you are doing.’”
 
“I guess if we ran with the research,” he added, “we probably wouldn’t have done it, if I’m honest.”

The team ultimately decided to put biscuits on the menu to keep the brand true to its Louisiana roots. “All that heritage plays well,” Mr. Crowley said. “The U.K., in our view, actually appreciates that great fried chicken is going to come out of Southern U.S.”

Raymond Braselman, who is from New Orleans, near where the chain was founded in 1972, and who has lived in Britain for 18 months, said he had not been able to find fried chicken that compared to what he grew up eating. “It’s definitely a bit of home right here in the U.K.,” he said on Saturday as he neared the front of the line. “So I’ve been waiting for it for about two months now.”

Popeyes, one of the largest fried chicken chains in the United States, was founded in Louisiana by Al Copeland, who was born into a poor family in New Orleans. His first attempt at a fried chicken restaurant, inspired by the opening of a KFC in New Orleans, was a failure. He tweaked his chicken recipe, adding cayenne pepper and Cajun-inspired spices, and changed the name to Popeyes. (He said he could not afford an apostrophe.) It was a hit.

By the end of the 1980s, he owned or had franchised more than 800 locations. Today there are more than 3,400 Popeyes locations worldwide, in countries including Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, China, Jamaica and Brazil.

Popeyes, which is owned by Restaurant Brands International, is betting that it can cut through the competition in Britain, which is no stranger to fried chicken and has American brands like KFC. There are plans to open 10 to 15 additional Popeyes locations in Britain next year, Mr. Crowley said.

Several Americans said the food at the London location was just as good as they remembered. But there are some differences from the U.S. franchises. The chicken is halal to cater to the area’s Muslim population. Almost all of the ingredients are sourced from Britain, including baby gem lettuce, which is harder to find in the United States. The menu also includes the chain’s first-ever vegan burger, which is made of fried red beans, a nod to the strong demand for plant-based food in the British market.

Other American fast food companies are expanding in Britain. A Wendy’s opened last week in Croydon, outside London, the fourth Wendy’s location to open in Britain since June. McDonald’s is also planning to open new locations. Two years ago, Chick-fil-A opened its first British restaurant, but announced that it would close after just six months after activists demonstrated against the company’s opposition to same-sex marriage. (Chick-fil-A said at the time that it had planned to stay for a limited time anyway.)

Dante Ellington-Grant got up at 7 a.m. on Saturday and traveled more than an hour from his home in London to line up at the new Popeyes on its opening day.

“It was a breath of fresh air,” he said of his meal, describing the juiciness and crispiness of the chicken. He also liked the biscuit, which he thought was better than a scone.

“I don’t eat scones,” he said.

 

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13 minutes ago, elguapo said:

 

They really don’t have any effs to give after that one

I tried the wingstop ck sand yesterday and it sucked. I still haven't read any reviews of it but for me it sits alone in last place, far behind every other fast food chicken sandwich. The bun sucked. They put zero thought into making it a tasty sandwich. Just a me too type of approach, simply because they have chicken and they have a deep fryer. Fuck Wing Stop for wasting my time and money, but more importantly stealing from me an opportunity to have had a delicious chicken sandwich from somewhere else.

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