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| - I don't get what the hype is all about.
Then again, this is the first time I have had southern BBQ but they make it look so goddamn good on TV I thought -- I have to try this craziness out for myself.
I found the beef brisket sandwich to be bland, full of too much sauce and frankly, nothing to write home about. I felt like it needed more salt.. or a pickle.. or.. something.
It just wasn't great. It didn't blow my mind and make me crave it.
I'd rather eat a Montreal-style smoked meat sandwich over these sandwiches any day and I consider those sandwiches to be of a normal standard.
The fries were very dark brown (it means they haven't changed the oil in the fryer for a long time), and were too thin / skinny which gave them a very unappealing air. I guess I'm a fry snob too ( you can chalk that up to other things I'm snobby about like cheesecake, macarons, cheese...).
I'm expecting a decent fry and I did not get it here.
McDonald's makes better fries. I'd rather have smaller portions of fries that are of a higher quality instead of the massive basket they gave me that I didn't even eat more than a fry of.
My friend had the fried chicken and I got a piece which I found quite juicy and delicious... but the batter was gross because it was SO greasy.
It was thin and "crispy".. I guess... but I basically peeled off the skin and left it (some of it was undercooked as well).
It was better than KFC but that's not saying much.
I make a much better fried chicken at home, that's how bad this chicken was.
The batter was not 'delicious and crispy' as promised by the reviews. That, or they have no idea what good fried chicken tastes like because they have never had it made at home. *shrug* Who knows?
My other friend got the pulled pork sandwich (all 3 of us shared), and I found it kind of vomity. I can't explain it but that pulled pork with the sauce made me slightly nauseous because it was too soft.. or something. Maybe pulled pork is not my thing.
Overall, not an awful plate of food, I've eaten worse, but it is not a place that I'd trek back to, to eat. I don't get the huge line-ups and the people raving about this place.
The place is jam-packed and tiny, so that explains why a lot of folks took food to go.
I just don't get it. My friends weren't impressed either.
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