{"id":265,"date":"2005-08-03T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/03\/mcdonalds-premium-grilled-chicken-club-sandwich\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T16:32:13","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T02:32:13","slug":"mcdonalds-premium-grilled-chicken-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/03\/mcdonalds-premium-grilled-chicken-club\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald’s Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"McDonald's<\/center><\/p>\n

I don’t know about you, but when I buy “premium” products, I act like a rich, snobby, irritating son of a bitch that deserves to either be run over by a car or tied up and forced to listen to a continuous loop of David Hasselhoff<\/a> albums with a gun pointed to my head that’s triggered by the words, “Please stop.”<\/p>\n

I guess I act this way because “premium” products tend to be more expensive than regular versions of the product. For example, there’s premium gas, premium ice cream, premium cable channels, and premium mail order bride catalogs.<\/p>\n

Whenever I pick up something like premium ice cream, I’ll look around, find someone who picked up regular ice cream, stare at them, and say to myself, “I’ve got premium ice cream, beeyatch! What do you have? Regular ice cream? Ha! I laugh at your regular ice cream. Ha! I laugh again. What? You can’t afford premium ice cream like I can? Yeah, by the way you dress, it looks like you can’t afford premium ice cream.”<\/p>\n

See, I’m such as asshole when I pick up premium products.<\/p>\n

Recently, McDonald’s introduced a line of premium chicken sandwiches. There are three varieties of chicken sandwiches to choose from: the Premium Chicken Classic, the Premium Chicken Ranch BLT, and the Premium Chicken Club. Also, all three sandwiches are available with either crispy or grilled chicken.<\/p>\n

During my most recent visit to McDonald’s, I picked up a Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich. I decided to pick up the grilled version because it was slightly healthier than the crispy version. Along with the chicken, the sandwich consists of a toasted bakery roll with green lettuce, mayonnaise, a slice of fresh tomato, hickory smoked bacon, topped with Swiss cheese.<\/p>\n

After picking it up, I sat down and immediately scanned the room to see what everyone else was eating and I noticed a woman eating a Big Mac. <\/p>\n

Then I stared at her and said to myself, “Oh my goodness, a Big Mac? That’s so 1980s. Hey, you want a Culture Club<\/a> record to go with that Big Mac? Couldn’t you afford the extra dollar to pick up a Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich like I have? I guess you have to save that dollar so that you can buy a pair of pants from Goodwill or the Salvation Army.”<\/p>\n

After scanning the restaurant again and ridiculing a couple of kids with Happy Meals, I began eating my Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich.<\/p>\n

The first thing I noticed about the sandwich was the green lettuce. It was actually green! I guess I was so used to seeing the whitish lettuce that comes with the poor folks Big Mac. But then I realized that I should be getting green lettuce, after all, it is a “premium” sandwich for “premium” consumers, like myself.<\/p>\n

When I took my first bite, it tasted kind of bland, but the reason why it tasted bland was because that first bite didn’t include all the parts of the sandwich. When I took my second bite, which included the chicken, mayo, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and swiss cheese, it tasted much better, but it didn’t impress me. <\/p>\n

Actually, I would’ve preferred eating a poor folks Big Mac than the rich folks Premium Grilled Chicken Sandwich.<\/p>\n

Another problem I had with the Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich was trying to prevent the chicken from sliding around in between the buns. On a couple of occasions the bite I took didn’t have any chicken in it because it slid away from my mouth. I basically had to choke the chicken to keep it in place.<\/p>\n

So what did I learn from my Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich experience? <\/p>\n

I learned that adding the word “premium” to fast food, is like adding the word “fresh” to poop. It doesn’t make it any better.<\/p>\n

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Item:<\/b> McDonald’s Premium Grilled Chicken Club Sandwich
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> $4.19 (sandwich only)
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 5
\nPros:<\/b> Tastes not bad if you can get a bite that includes all the parts of the sandwich. Healthier than crispy version. Green lettuce.
\nCons:<\/b> Nothing impressive. Slippery chicken. My attitude when I pick up “premium” products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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