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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2KFC 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!
33-04-2008 @ 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.
7well 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
9I 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.
105-06-2008 @ 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.
115-09-2008 @ 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?
12Personally 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!
14hey, 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.
19I 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
20Most 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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