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There are few things better in fast food than really good service. Freshness, despite being something every chain claims to have a monopoly on, is one of them. <\/p>\n
So when I pulled up to the Wendy\u2019s drive-thru window expecting to receive the new Fresh Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich, but was instead told by a manager that \u201cwe\u2019re waiting on them to grill your chicken,\u201d I was pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n
When I finally did get my sandwich, it looked and smelled great. The fresh mozzarella appeared identical to what you\u2019d get from a supermarket deli case.<\/p>\n
Now I have to admit: I\u2019m a huge mozzarella fan \u2014- and not just the low moisture part-skim stuff that makes pizza, well, pizza. But it seems to me that mozzarella is the lacrosse of fast food cheeses. <\/p>\n
Football, baseball, basketball, soccer, and hockey pretty much corner the sports market in much the same way American, Cheddar, Swiss, and Monterey Jack adorn 95 percent of fast food sandwiches. And while lax has carved out a nice little following in the Mid-Atlantic, it\u2019s not ubiquitous in the sports world.<\/p>\n
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Which doesn\u2019t mean it shouldn\u2019t be; nor does it mean mozzarella doesn\u2019t deserve a place at the fast food sandwich table (caprese, anyone?). Sure enough, when I took the mozzarella off my sandwich and sampled it alone, it had a mellow and milky flavor. Some call it mild, but it\u2019s more like nuanced<\/i>, if you ask me.<\/p>\n
The problem is that you really can\u2019t taste the cheese when you eat the sandwich. The “creamy” basil pesto (which is more like \u201cgloopy,\u201d but we\u2019ll live with it) and the salad greens give every bite an herby, slightly bitter taste, which is honestly the last thing you\u2019re expecting with a fast food sandwich.<\/p>\n
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The balsamic diced tomatoes \u2014 sweet and a bit tart \u2014 go a little ways toward fixing the problem. But pesto is in the driver’s seat here. It\u2019s not a bad flavor, but it\u2019s also not one that leaves you chomping at the bit for, well, another chomp.<\/p>\n
When I finished my sandwich, I was amazed at how high-quality all the ingredients seemed to be. I was also amazed at how each bite seemed less the sum of its parts.<\/p>\n
The Fresh Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich is everything you could hope for from a $5.29 sandwich at a fast food place. Yet, even though it exemplifies a triumph of the usually trite ingredient promise that most fast food chains fail miserably at, it lacks memorability. In other words, it\u2019s a lacrosse match amidst a spring of baseball, hockey, and basketball.<\/p>\n
(Nutrition Facts – Not available on website at time of posting.)<\/small><\/p>\n
Purchased Price:<\/b> $5.29
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Fresher than Will Smith in Bel Air, circa 1990. Plump, juicy chicken breast has authentic grilled flavor. Fresh mozzarella is on point. Balsamic-diced tomatoes need to be a regular condiment.
\nCons:<\/b> Expensive. Lacks \u201cwow\u201d factor. Garlic brioche bun tastes like a regular brioche bun. Too much foliage. Pesto overwhelms sandwich. Tastes comparatively plain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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