Mine: Really tender/moist chicken - buttermilk batter is crispy but not heavy - brioche bun is surprisingly airy for a fast food joint. Pickles and sauce need more oomph. Feel the sandwich is lacking a touch of flavor, but texture wise it’s really good. Brought one home for my wife and she thought it was a $6-7 chicken sandwich and was pretty shocked when I told her $3.99.
I stopped by Popeyes last week to buy a bucket of chicken and two people in front of me on line asked for the sandwich and were told it was sold out. I was wondering what was going on.
While I do like Popeye’s (my wife and I are guilty of having Popeyes and Champagne here and there), I don’t really get ordering a fried chicken sandwich when there is just plain ol’ fried chicken available (as opposed to somewhere like Sun of a Gun when you’re not in the mood for seafood). I’d rather have less bred and more chicken + breading.
Hard to eat fried chicken while riding in the car, for one. Gets fingers greasy, which isn’t alway a good thing, depending on your situation. That all said, would be really cool if Chick-fil-A tried fried chicken.
No comment on the Sarah association with Chick-fil-A, which no self respecting Sarah would ever frequent, much less cook for…
As for the Popeye’s version, I’ve never had one, but I have a dear friend who owns something like 10 Popeye’s locations in LA and Las Vegas. So please, by all means, keep eating them!
I was driving though northern suburban Detroit this afternoon (Telegraph north of 12 Mile) and there was a backup of cars (and a traffic jam) waiting to get into Popeyes. Weird