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_Published 2015-06-26. We did a taste-test of four new chicken sandwiches from White Castle, Wendy's, Olive Garden, and Fuku. Why chicken? It's become a huge focus at restaurants, and could push the burger aside for fast food supremacy._


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## Transcript

It's kind of hard to mess up a chicken sandwich. [ MUSIC ] Looks crispy and delicious. Strange consistency. Kind of an unpleasant pickley aftertaste. I don't particularly enjoy that one. I'm going to say zero dollar, because I don't like Again. I would not pay very much for that. This cost $ 8. 00? [ LAUGH ] Are you serious? [ MUSIC ] So this one is very obviously the one from Wendy's because this makes me think of high school. I feel like this is on the dollar menu somewhere. A little more Consistent. Soggy tomato and lettuce. Standard drive thru fast food taste .

>> Maybe I just don't like chicken sandwiches. I don't know I would say $ 2 on this one. Man, [ INAUDIBLE ] are expensive. Also about a $ 1. I didn't know Wendy's charged that much for a sandwich. This looks a lot more. More held together. [ MUSIC ] Oh that's spicy. This one's okay. Maybe it's because I like spicy and it's a little spicy. I like this one the most so far. This one looks sad. But still, I can tell the chicken's not very high quality I don't think. It looks small. Maybe $ 2. 00. It's $ 1. 69? Really? Probably not that expensive, but I would pay like $ 5. 00 for that [ INAUDIBLE ].

Sandwich. [ MUSIC ] Looks gourmet. Meh. Taste Italian. It's like a classic parm. I'm gonna guess five bucks. I'm gonna guess that one's like seven bucks. I would pay eight dollars for this. LIke five buck? Five or six dollars? A lower price, but definitely the best one. [ MUSIC ] I can't say I love any of them. Definitely the cheapest sandwich was my favorite. Probably that. This one wasn't so bad, I mean for $ 1. 69? [ MUSIC ]

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