Fast Food Review: KFC's Famous Bowls
My friends have a running joke about my weird machismo when it comes to restaurant ordering. If there's cold calves brain, fermented bamboo curry, or pickled goose web on the menu, it's gonna end up in my mouth. It may or may not go any further than that, but at least I've tasted it. However, despite my fearlessness, there's an item about which I've got endless (admittedly morbid) curiosity, but have yet to sample – the KFC Famous Bowl.
When dissected, there's much to love. As my good pal John Devore of Maxim Radio's The Devore & Diana Show says, "It's all the good s&*! you want to eat – all together in one bowl!" True – corn, chicken, cheese, rice, biscuits, gravy (mmmm...gravy...) and mashed potatoes are delicious in their own right, but all a-glop together, it...well it just seems like something for which I'd have been reprimanded for stirring together on my plate as a kid.
But, there are things we do to better ourselves as people – rounding out our experiences and broadening our horizons and whatnot. Today was going to be the day my taste buds and the Colonel's unholy creation went mano-a-tongue-o in the culinary coliseum, but Mother Nature intervened. A tornado in my home borough of Brooklyn left most of NYC un-navigable by public transportation, and I couldn't get to a KFC. Divine intervention? You tell me. Use the comments section to share your impressions of the KFC Famous Bowls, and I'll happily post the highlights.
And enjoy this stunning review by blogger Jeff Kay.
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2-15-2008 @10:37PM dave said... Y'know, I'm just a little confused about how they're so damn famous. They came out with 'em, then a month later, they were suddenly world-renowned. Kinda weird how that works out.
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2-25-2008 @12:02PM Susan said... KFC Chicken Bowl was the most disgustingly dissatisfying meal I've ever ordered from fast food and a huge let down as to what I'd hoped for and expected. The usual crunchy chicken nuggets were grossly soggy from swimming in the wetness of the mashed potatoes and watery gravy it was all drowning in. Ordinarily I enjoy a good mix of my food and have mixed many various vegetables into my mashed potatoes with sucess; However this was a real miss for the sake of the chicken. Maybe it layed around under the heat lamp too long, but it definitely was a flop with the soggy breaded chicken thrown in. YUCK!
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3-04-2008 @7:35PM groovetrippin said... Gravy Yes... BBQ Sauce NO!
I have tried both and the Garvy bowl is great when the kids making it do it right. The BBQ Bowl was the nastiest thing I have every eaten... The BBQ sauce was gritty like the mix was not completely dissolved in whatever they mix it with. So beware the BBQ but enjoy the Gravy.
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3-09-2008 @5:08PM shurst said... I love a KFC Famous Bowl. I just don't have the corn. The chicken is always very tender and it tastes great. Now you can get one with rice instead of potatoes. You don't even have to have the biscuit. Great to fill you up and always good on a cold day.
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3-09-2008 @10:55PM Anna said... I ordered it once. It sounded great all of my favorites. It was awful. The chicken was soggy, there was a pile of grease on top, seperation from melted cheese, butter, gravy whatever it was. Yuck. Will never order again. I will stick with the good orignal KFC.
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4-21-2008 @11:49PM Jean said... Love the Potato bowel. Only get it when that is the only meal that I am going to have time for while I am on the road.
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4-25-2008 @6:20PM tina said... well i have had this chicken bowl, when they first appeared it was great, but after the yummy affect went away and my feet began to swell, i thought to myself if this dish is making my feet swell wonder what the left overs are doing to the rest of me???
if you are craving the salt GO FOR IT
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4-25-2008 @10:32PM James said... BARF CITY! KFC says they do chicken right. And they do. You've got to keep the food items separated from each other. I like to eat one item at a time. KFC should stick what they do right. Mixing it all up is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING TO THE MAX.
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4-29-2008 @7:06PM nala said... I love the KFC Famous Bowl with mashed potatoes......(never tried it with rice) I always order it when I get the chance, it is very satisfing, for those who have'nt tried it i highly recommend it over any other fastfood, and for those who don't you don't know what your missing.
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5-06-2008 @3:52PM christalee said... OMG we just started getting the chicken bowls up in canada at our KFC's. I absolutly love it. I am pregnant and cant handle the grease of just the chicken but all mixed up in the bowls with gravy over top is satisfying my cravings wonderfully. Only bad thing is that we don't get the biscuit with it. oh well.
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5-09-2008 @6:28PM dissuper@aol.com said... What difference does it male if it's all mixed togther. Doesn't it get mixed together after you eat it?
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5-31-2008 @3:57PM Lilly said... Personally I'm one of those ppl that like to mix their food up some times. I've had it every time I go to KFC (which isn't a lot) and thats the one thing i look forward to on the menu! I love it and I think it's one of the best tasting things ever than what my mom would make!
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5-31-2008 @4:27PM chris said... One of the best ideas ever. At first I wasn't sure, now its one of my favs.
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6-04-2008 @11:44PM melissa said... hey, why are the McDonald's premium grilled chicken sandwich and Taco Bell's stuffed burrito getting a bad rap? I think they are both delicious and McDonald's has the best tasting(to me)grilled chicken sandwich out there. I especially like it because it's served on a wheat bun.
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6-07-2008 @4:23PM EBTHIOMBSMD said... SOUNDS LIKE HOG SLOP!
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7-09-2008 @11:02AM Tanya said... I absolutey love KFC's bowls. There was a week where I actually had one everyday...never can get enough!
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7-08-2008 @3:06PM Bel said... KFC is a rip off! You can eat fine dinning for less and actually get the same amount of food on your dinner plate.
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7-28-2008 @12:02PM Debbie said... I am a big fan of the Potato bowl at KFC. I as a kid always mixed my potatos & corn together and now to add cheese & Chicken makes it even better. I would give it more like a B+ or an A-. I for one will continue to get the potatoe bowl.
Thanks
Debbie
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7-28-2008 @12:08PM Lynda said... I agree with the others. I love the KFC Famous Bowls as do the children in my daycare. I even make it at home from scratch. Maybe your parents are to blame for your lack of taste. What kind of parent would not let their children mix mashed potatoes, corn gravey and wipe it all up with chicken? I bet you couldn't sop gravey up with bread either. I feel sorry for you
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9-11-2008 @7:23PM Susan said... Most of this artery-clogging goop is the reason Americans are so fat. I love comfort food too but personal restraint and will power could go a long way toward making fast food chains produce a healthier menu. As for the KFC bowls, it DOES look like someone scooped the leftovers into plastic and called it a menu item.
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