AlwaysInformed: KFC’s Double Down Has Arrived

Arthur Bovino — April 12, 2010

The new Double Down Sandwich at KFC.

The KFC Double Down is here, and yes, it’s a ridiculous sandwich. But at 10:13am, there was a suit in his mid-twenties in the Herald Square KFC who ordered two. Doubling-down the Double Down? It’s an idea that actually should have been applied to the filling between the chicken breasts, which as you’ve undoubtedly heard, have replaced the bun in this new fast food sandwich.

As it is with these things, the food and the picture don’t match. The fried chicken breasts are not as fried as advertised. Still, they’re moist, juicy, and spicy— leaving that peppery KFC taste on your tongue. There are two slices of cheese and two slices of bacon. This is a wipe-your-hands-on-your-jeans kind of sandwich, so it’s better to leave it in its paper slip while eating it, and probably to not put it down ‘til it’s done.

The verdict? Yes, you feel fat while eating it. But as out-there as the sandwich is supposed to be, it would have done better to go further. Each fried chicken breast (crisp on the edges, a softer fry elsewhere), is almost ¾ of an inch thick. That’s a lot of chicken— the bacon and cheese kind of get lost. KFC would do better to double the cheese and the bacon; more crunchy bacon, more gooey, drippy cheese coming out the sides of the fried chicken. If you’re going to go there, might as well really go there.

AlwaysWatching: Delonte West’s Kentucky Fried Rap

The Gluttoness — August 13, 2009

Delonte West, shooting guard for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, doing his Kentucky Fried Rap.

Delonte West is best known as a shooting guard for the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers. When he’s not hooping it up with LeBron, it appears Delonte is whooping it up in other ways—ways that lead to a ridiculous rap while waiting for a $47 order at Kentucky Fried Chicken. With an eighteen minute wait for his Original Recipe Combo it seems Delonte figured he’d create his own Sonic-style commercial..

In the video above, Delonte (wearing sunglasses) waxes poetic about his KFC order as well as his other favorite fast food joints. From the looks of this clip, the chicken isn’t the only thing that has been fried. To his defense, Delonte is coming off a tremendous performance in the 2009 playoffs, and he’s shown before that when it comes to food, dude means business. Let’s just hope he lays off the (hot) sauce when it comes time to step back on the court.