Dear Wendy's

[gsdx]

It reminds me of shows like "Restaurant Makeover" where in some episodes they take regular, blue collar restaurants in small towns and turn them into some type of overly upscale, trendy place that alienates the regulars and doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the town.

That show had a questionable success rate. Some of the restaurants flopped and a few went belly-up without ever opening again. One success story, though, was my landlord's old Indian food restaurant. When he sold it, a Thai restaurant bought it, but the cultures clashed like crazy. Restaurant Makeover came in to fix it up in Season 3. Lynn Crawford and Glen Peloso did the work. The restaurant is still going strong.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Wendy's makeovers, upscale or no, are a welcome change. Their prior design was still rooted in their barely morphed 1980's design that hearkened back to 1890's soda fountains. It was more than a bit tired and dated.

The chain is spending major bucks on the face lift, which is refreshing many tired sites.

In addition, they have earned their deserved reputation for providing better fast food than McDonald's or Burger King. Their chicken has always been a better sandwich than the big rivals', and they have long had a loyal patronage for their chili as well as hamburger with recognizable non-soy beef in them.

And as has been pointed out, they offer an actual baked potato which is truly rare in fast food.

Poutine fail? I'll take my Canuck cousins' word for it, but the chain is admired by most I know for making fast food less obnoxious.

 

[SaskGuy]

I do agree that Wendy's is pretty good for fast food. Real baked potatoes, yes! After they introduced those horrible fries that taste like overly salty, microwaved stale fries that another restaurant threw out, I started getting baked potatoes, and they are as good as any non-fast food restaurant. (The fries have improved since, which is nice.)
The food is generally fresh, delicious, and you get a decent amount for what you pay for, compared to other fast food places.

Another one of my favourites is Dairy Queen... and then A&W.

 

[JPGhost]

sounds like poontang to me..which is something entirely different, but may or may not share the curd ingredient..

 

[Ontariobear]

Wendy's poutine is mediocre at best. If I want real "Neil-style" poutine, there is a fry truck at all the local fests that does it perfectly.

That being said, had the grandson one evening last week and Wendy's is the lesser of most local fast food evils and nearby. Tried the "bacon poutine" and at least the flavour was quite good.

 

[medic1]

My regard or rather my disregard of this particular dish, i confess has changed after reading this thread.

Before? I thought it looked and tasted somewhat "yucky".

Now i may have to re-evaluate my opinion.

As from the posts it seems to be a very popular dish.

 

[dpnice]

..........................Now i may have to re-evaluate my opinion.

As from the posts it seems to be a very popular dish.

So is having sex with girls very popular; still not going to try it.

 

[JohnnyAnger]

My regard or rather my disregard of this particular dish, i confess has changed after reading this thread.

Before? I thought it looked and tasted somewhat "yucky".

Now i may have to re-evaluate my opinion.

As from the posts it seems to be a very popular dish.

Where do you stand on the Glaswegian classic; the Munchy Box?

 

[medic1]

^ Evening Johnny, short answer, as far away as possible...............

 

[gsdx]

Now i may have to re-evaluate my opinion.

If you ever get a chance to make it or try it, be sure to use real cheese curds. Regular cheddar cheese will do in a pinch, but it would be like eating pizza with bologna instead of pepperoni.

 

[Willie Boy]

If you ever get a chance to make it or try it, be sure to use real cheese curds. Regular cheddar cheese will do in a pinch, but it would be like eating pizza with bologna instead of pepperoni.

Funny thing is a REAL pepperoni pizza made in a REAL Italian Pizzeria will not include slices of meat. A true Italian made pizza does not have salamis on it so if you ask for a pepperoni you may end up with a peperoni (peppers)

Pepperoni Pizza

In Italy, you'll find pizzas topped with potato slices, anchovies, sausages, broccoli rabe, corn, prosciutto... but no pepperoni. That most beloved of "Italian" salami varieties was first mentioned in print in an American ad in 1919. It is thought to have been inspired by spicy dry salamis from Southern Italy and Apulia, or soppressata from Calabria. Note: authentic Italian pizza is far less cheesy than its American counterparts, and definitely won't have a cheese-filled crust. What's more, the word peperoni (pronounced the same, spelled with one less "p") refers to peppers, not salamis.

http://www.fodors.com/news/ten-italian-foods-you-wont-find-in-italy-6510.html

 

[gsdx]

^ Weren't pizzas invented in Chicago? Or maybe San Francisco?

 

[Willie Boy]

^ Weren't pizzas invented in Chicago? Or maybe San Francisco?

No. They started in China until Marco Polo brought them back to Italy. They underwent a major transformation and became the pie we know today. Pepperoni pizza IS an American creation, though. As is the stuffed crust pizza. If you go to Italy you will not find any Pepperoni, at all. They don't even make the meat. Maybe if you go to a tourist stop that sells the bastardized Italian-American pizzas we Americans are so used to getting here in the US, with all the cheese, both in and outside the crust, they'll have a "real" pepperoni pizza. Otherwise you'll likely get a pizza with sliced bell peppers if you ask for pepperoni, as peperoni is pronounced the same but means large pepper.

Its kind of the same thing as in your OP....... The original is prepared one way, but elsewhere somebody modified it and its now different.

 

[frankfrank]

^ Weren't pizzas invented in Chicago? Or maybe San Francisco?

And I found out last night that CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA - you know, one of those wonderful and stalwart Indian dishes?

It wasn't invented in India, but in SCOTLAND!!!!

One claim recounts how a chef, Ali Ahmed Aslam, proprietor of the Shish Mahal restaurant in the west end of Glasgow, invented chicken tikka masala by improvising a sauce made from yogurt, cream and spices.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tikka_masala

 

[Yooper]

^ ^ and Chop Suey is from California.

A little off topic, but hey Midwesterners, let's give a round of applause to Cheese Curds! Deep Fried! Yum!!!!



(Yes, you can hear your arteries hardening while you eat them, but Deep Fried Cheese Curds and cold Beer go great together!)

 

[roadtripboy]

Just saw this and had to add this link to Ramen Poutine. Sounds nasty to me, but you never know.

http://culinarybrodown.com/2014/08/ramen-poutine-bridging-cultural-gaps-through-fusion-food/

 

[SaskGuy]

Just saw this and had to add this link to Ramen Poutine. Sounds nasty to me, but you never know.

http://culinarybrodown.com/2014/08/ramen-poutine-bridging-cultural-gaps-through-fusion-food/

That's disgusting. It looks like something a weeaboo would come up with.
Also, I can't imagine anyone (other than weeaboos) eating instant noodles when they're not flat broke college students, or stoned and have the munchies, or lazy teenagers home alone, etc.

Also, I almost forgot to post a poutine-related experience here. A few days ago I went to Taco Time and they had poutine "mexi-fries" (tater tots). I tried it out of sheer curiosity, and it was awful. The flavour of the cheese and gravy clashed horribly with the tater tots, and with the rest of the meal. Hopefully after the curiosity wears off, few people will buy it and they'll take it off the menu.

Poutine: do it right or piss off.

 

[zoltanspawn]

Also, I can't imagine anyone (other than weeaboos) eating instant noodles when they're not flat broke college students, or stoned and have the munchies, or lazy teenagers home alone, etc.

Creative instant noodle applications like this have been a trend for a while now. I'm neutral on them, not having indulged.

Apparently, a poll in 2000 showed that Japanese believe instant noodles are their best invention of the 20th century.

 

[DonQuixote]

BAD Ramen Poutine - talk about your oxymorons!

 

[zoltanspawn]

BAD Ramen Poutine - talk about your oxymorons!

Really, they're not doing the dish any favors by trying to invoke 'poutine' in the first place.

It might be good, but people will probably only consider that possibility if it was described differently...why not just, 'ramen fritters with miso-oxtail gravy'?