My first Chik-fil-A

[BeeZee]

11 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Having had none of the above, could you explain more of the difference?

 

Having only had Chick-Fil-A, their chicken has a thin coating, and is fried, but not terribly crunchy because that coating doesn't have much texture. From what I see advertised the others have more of a thick coating as you'd expect of fried chicken, providing more of a "crunch".

[gfweb]

On 9/29/2023 at 10:16 AM, BeeZee said:

Having only had Chick-Fil-A, their chicken has a thin coating, and is fried, but not terribly crunchy because that coating doesn't have much texture. From what I see advertised the others have more of a thick coating as you'd expect of fried chicken, providing more of a "crunch".

Yes. That's it. 

[Dave the Cook]

On 9/29/2023 at 10:16 AM, BeeZee said:

Having only had Chick-Fil-A, their chicken has a thin coating, and is fried, but not terribly crunchy because that coating doesn't have much texture. From what I see advertised the others have more of a thick coating as you'd expect of fried chicken, providing more of a "crunch".

 

1 hour ago, gfweb said:

Yes. That's it. 

 

Indeed. Chick-fil-A itself tacitly acknowledged this in a previous slogan: "We didn't invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich." 

[ybot123]

My first chick fill a was last year in New York. Long queue of office workers but well worth it. Had spicy chicken sandwich and chicken nuggets. Will definitely go again but definitely not the healthiest.

[rotuts]

was out and avou doing a few errands

 

CAF was one blok away , so I tried it.  breakfast menu time

 

spicy chicken biscuit

 

the chicken was hot ( temp ) crispy with good spice and heat.

 

'tender , moist mot greasy

 

the biscuit was tender and fluffy  , but here was no ' sauce ' on it , nor pickle  so mouth feel ws a bit dry

 

took it home  added  dollop os mayo , which helped.

 

the chicken was very nice 

 

so if you are near a CAF  and like chicken , its worth a try

[blue_dolphin]

33 minutes ago, rotuts said:

the biscuit was tender and fluffy  , but here was no ' sauce ' on it , nor pickle  so mouth feel ws a bit dry

In my limited Chik experience, pickles are included on the sandwiches but not the breakfast biscuits. In either case, you always need to request sauce, otherwise they come nekkid. They used to give you as many sauces as you wanted but started charging 25 cents for requests that exceed the 2 free sauces on a breakfast biscuit and 3 on sandwiches but it kind of depends on who you ask and how much you’re asking for. 
 

Edited to add that I like honey and hot sauce on the biscuits, chik-fil-a sauce and mayo on the sandwich 😋

 

 

Edited January 25 by blue_dolphin (log)

[rotuts]

When back to CaF to try the lunch CaF,  spicy chicken

 

on @blue_dolphin advice i got two ' sauce [sic] containers  

 

the CaF sauce :  mayo + sugar + dry of matchup  ?

 

and hot and sweet  :  siracha + sugar ?

 

I brought it home .  10 min.

 

this affected the bun .  the chicken  was crunchy , not greasy moist and tender.

 

it had much higher spiciness than one might expect for pst food.

 

two thin pickles  cut the richness of the fried food.

 

Id say if you like spicy chicken , its worth a try

 

but eat it there .

 

Ive had Wendy's spicy chicken several years ago.

 

it had lettuce tomato , and they addd extra tomato if asked.

 

I did like that rendition

 

can't remember enough about it to compare to CaF.

 

a P.S.:  this might be age related :  this stuff has real staying power 

 

but Id guess all FastFood does in relation to ones age.

Edited February 1 by rotuts (log)

[RWood]

Now that I'm back in the south, CFA are everywhere, but I never go.  One, my mom doesn't eat chicken, so our compromise on fast food is Taco Bell.  The lines are always so long, that that's another deterrent.  As I mentioned in another post, no more cole slaw 🤬, so...

When I lived in CA, there wasn't many there so it was a more rare treat if I found one.  They finally built one in Walnut Creek, but as usual, the design of the drive thru (single lane) and parking lot was so bad, that I would just drive past because the line was out in the street and you couldn't get to it.  

If I get a fast food chicken sandwich, I still go to Popeye's.  It's much better IMO.  Their slaw sucks though.  Can't win.  

[rotuts]

@RWood

 

interesting.

 

Im pleased I finally went to CFA.

 

checked off that interest.  4 minute diversion on the way to TJ's

 

Popeye's  is 20 minutes , each direction 

 

w no reason to make that trip for anything important.

 

Wendy's is very near by.

 

 they had a two for one before the pandemic 

 

on the spicy chicken .

 

and they would add extra tomatoes etc.

 

that beats CFA by miles .

 

the extra tomatoes.

 

 

Edited February 15 by rotuts (log)