There was a little confusion after the Portillo’s post (at least with Dan2 and possibly others) because it was labelled, “The Last Stop.” That meant that it was the last stop at Portillo’s, not this series.
Our last place to sample chicken sandwiches is Wendy’s and they have a large selection of chicken sandwiches, so we have a few more weeks of this clucked up tour to go.
Now let’s begin week number two at Wendy’s!
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The Drive-Through
It’s not quite as bad as last week, but there was still about a twenty minute wait at the drive-through.
And this was at about 1:30 in the afternoon, not a prime time for a fast food place. Sheesh!
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BACK AT THE TEMPORARY MBIP WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Here we are back at the MBIP Temporary World Headquarters with this week’s double dose of chicken sandwiches.
I have to say, i hate that the sandwiches are wrapped in this generic Wendy’s foil wrapping paper. It doesn’t label what the sandwich is, so we’ll just randomly pick one and begin this week’s fowl tasting test.
Here’s the third version of their new Hot Honey Chicken sandwiches, this one is grilled chicken.
There’s those weird grilled pickle chips, bacon and Pepper Jack Cheese on top and underneath is the habanero hot honey sauce slathered on the bottom bun.
Okay, time to dig in to the first chicken sandwich of this week.
I don’t taste a lot of the sweet heat that this sandwich is supposed to have and the chicken is pretty dry and bland.
The one flavor that does come through is the bacon.
It’s crunchy, smoky and it adds a nice savory sandwich. The bacon actually saves this sandwich and it’s the only thing that has a nice flavor to it.
This is the Classic Big Bacon Cheddar Chicken Sandwich. The name alone is a mouthful, so let’s see what the sandwich tastes like when it actually is a mouthful!
There’s a lot going on under the top of the bun, there’s onion rings, cheddar cheese, some kind of a sauce and a big pile of the aforementioned bacon.
Under the bottom of the bun there’s nothing going on. Kind of a yin and yang thing.
Let’s try this chicken sandwich out.
Once again, the chicken is dry and tasteless but the bacon stands out once again. It’s smoky, crisp and savory.
Wendy’s should ditch the chicken and start a line of sweet and hot bacon sandwiches! Maybe that’s what I’ll make for a palate cleanser when this clucked up chicken sandwich tour is finally over!
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The Weekly Chicken Sandwich Rating Chart
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N.R. = Not Recommended.
J.B.R. = Just Barely Recommended.
R = Recommended.
HR = Highly Recommended.
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The tasty bacon put these two sandwiches into the Just Barely Recommended section and they hit the 17th and 18th spot on this week’s clucked up Chicken Sandwich Rating Chart.
I’m really anxious to create my own Hot Honey Bacon Sandwich now!
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Related Posts: The Fast Food Finger-Lickin’ Chicken Sandwich Tour @: Wendy’s Part One, Portillo’s Last Stop, Portillo’s, Chick-fil-A Part III, Chick-fil-A - Part II, Chick-fil-A, Burger King Again, Popeyes (second time), Burger King, Hardee’s Part III, Hardee’s Part II, Hardee’s: Part I, Dairy Queen, Popeyes, KFC and McDonald’s.