I’ve seen the memes & heard the legends about The Lord’s Chicken, and even Ye himself dropped one of the hardest gospel tracks about them. Of course I’m talking about @chickfila, the chicken sandwich chain that’s wildly famous for serving The Lord’s Chicken with the patience & politeness of Christ himself. They held a popup event @chickenandsmiles last week to test the market, and after battling satan himself a.k.a. @eventbrite, I managed to snag myself The Lord’s Chicken Sandwich.⠀
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Yes, it is a chicken sandwich. Sure, it uses buttered burger buns instead of sliced bread, but there’s no cheese or sauce, which disqualifies it from being a burger. The deep fried breaded chicken fillet isn’t as crispy as other places, but it’s not the crunch that makes it memorable. Instead, the astonishing fact that Chick-fil-a deep fried a chicken breast that’s fairly juicy is what will be written about by generations to come. It’s less greasy than a thigh fillet patty, and with a slightly firmer chew, but that makes it all the more satisfying and healthier.⠀
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The chicken sandwich itself was stunningly stellar, but the sauces push it straight to heaven. @chickenandsmiles has selected four sauces from the myriad of sauces that Chick-fil-a serve in the USA, and there was a clear winner to pair with the original chicken sandwich. The Chick-fil-a sauce was downright divine on the sandwich, and I would describe it as a slightly spicy Thousand Island sauce that joined in saucy matrimony with a bbq sauce, and united by smoke. It’s smashingly savoury, super smoky and tastefully tangy. Yes, now I see the light.⠀
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Waffle fries are nice, but they are better dipped into the Sweet & Spicy Sriracha Sauce. Chick-fil-a clearly adores smoke, because this is essentially a sweet chili sauce fortified with smoke and had the spice turned up slightly. The Garden Herb Ranch sauce was satisfactorily herby and creamy, but a little too thin. I could see it being the GOAT if applied on Chick-fil-a’s spicy chicken sandwich though. Last but not least, the honey mustard is more mustard & less honey, which was just fine by me.⠀
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Lord Jesus, please bring Your chicken to Singapore. Amen.