The Secret Menu: Roasted Chicken Popper
October 7, 2010
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“line-height: 120%;”> Before I dive into the fourth and, might I add, best sandwich yet, I would like to note that I watched a movie in my bio class about the slaughtering of animals and its effect on our food… That being said, I decided to throw a curveball and headed to Arby’s for my own concoction.
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“line-height: 120%;”> The credit actually goes to Matt Tullis but I’m the one who ate it so I’m naming it the Roasted Chicken Popper.
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“line-height: 120%;”> The Roasted Chicken Popper is comprised of a regular roast beef sandwich, a piece of chicken and jalapeño poppers. If you’re thinking you like all of those things, go to Arby’s and get it. Yeah, they are going to look at you weird but I already paved the way, so try it.
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“line-height: 120%;”> Looking at how Arby’s puts their sandwiches together, they know what they’re doing. Instead of piling vertically like some sort of muscle-pulling skyscraper, Arby’s spreads things out on a wider bun. The medium roast beef sandwich encompassed not only the piece of chicken but multiple poppers safely and easily. The sandwich held together unlike every other sandwich I have eaten to this point and the mess was minimal.
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“line-height: 120%;”> The first problem I have with the sandwich is the problem of looking like an idiot. Taking bites isn’t bad but biting a popper in half, thus pulling the scalding hot jalapeño out of the deep-fried goodness and exposing it to the world, halfway out of your mouth is not cool. Too hot to man up and stuff it in (considering my mouth is already full of roast beef and chicken), I had to pull the jalapeño out of my mouth and put it back onto the sandwich – minor but still notable.
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“line-height: 120%;”> The second is the taste of the chicken patty. It didn’t work well with the roast beef for reasons I wish I could explain. I seemed to always end on a slightly awful chicken aftertaste. If the chicken was better, this might be the best sandwich I have ever eaten. This was my only legitimate problem with Roasted Chicken Popper.
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“line-height: 120%;”> $9.48 was the total for the bill, which included the sandwich plus a small drink. 10 bucks for a sandwich, a darn good sandwich, but a sandwich nonetheless. The main draw to the sandwich is definitely the jalapeño poppers but who goes to Arby’s for a single order of poppers? Get the sandwich and enjoy it because you’re not going to want to dish out the money for another one.
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“line-height: 120%;”> Overall, I give the sandwich an A. The jalapeño poppers hanging out of your mouth is a small inconvenience but the deliciousness of the sandwich overpowers this technicality. The chicken could be better but overall it’s not horrible. The fourth installment of the Secret Menu was by far the most successful, and it’s safe to say the fifth installment has its work cut out for it.