Fast Food Quest 13: Wend(arb)y’s!

Hey friends! It’s yet another wonderful installment of my terrible life choice: the Fast Food Quest! Boy oh boy! This certainly is taking a toll on both my body and my wallet, but I feel like it’s worth it. It’s for you that I do this. All seven of you.

Today’s whimsical journey takes us to Arby’s and Wendy’s. I generally like these fast food chains. Let’s see how I like what I had!

Let’s start with the regular beef and cheddar (then we’ll get to the curly fries).

Cheese stuck to the wrapper? You know you're in for a treat!

Ok, so, when my sandwich first came, it was just an arby’s regular roast beef. Normally, I wouldn’t care, but I actually had to go request what I ordered because I have never actually had the beef and cheddar. The whole point of the quest is to eat everything on the menus! I DO THIS FOR YOU!

So, I took the sandwich up, saw them throw it into the garbage (“no!” I silently screamed) and then waited and received my beef and cheddar. I’m glad I made the switch. The beef and cheddar has a way more exciting bun. I’m not saying it really tasted any different, but it did look pretty good.

I slathered the sandwich in arby’s sauce and horsey sauce, and dove straight in. It was pretty good. Have you eaten an arby’s sandwich? Ok. if you have, it tasted like that. If you haven’t, well. It doesn’t really taste like the roast beef from other places. It tastes good though. Not really sure how or why. The sauces and cheese definitely help the sandwich out.

Overall, it’s what I expected. What did I expect? A rating of 3 out of 4 views from an airplane.

Let us not forget Arby’s greatest achievement, the Curly Fries.

When potato ladies (ladies made of potato) age, they begin to grow beautiful curly potato hair. That hair is chopped off and collected by the Arby’s corporation (much against the potato people’s will) and fried for people like me’s enjoyment. As much as I want to care and feel remorse for those potato people, I can’t help but be happy for the swirly splendor that Arby’s provides.

The curly fries hold a special place in my heart. Unfortunately, that place I speak of is rich in cholesterol. It’s worth it. In fact, it’s worth 4 out of 4 views from a car.

Next up, let us travel to Wendy’s! WENDY’S, PEOPLE! Only the best fast food chain there is. Maybe. I tend to like it. They cook the food after you order it (or so they say) and it tastes pretty marginally better than most places.

It was this day that I decided to get one of the things I feared out of the way. The 3/4 lb. triple stack cheeseburger.

I wish the caption could just be a sad picture of me.

Oh god. So much low quality meat. So… much… pain… I was both elated and extremely unhappy as I finished this sandwich. Half of me loved it, and the other half felt like it was dying. In the end, it’s just too much meat. The condiment balance is all off. so many patties, so few veggies! They also fry their burgers like McDonald’s does. I prefer broiling and grilling. That’s just me though. Maybe other people like their burgers to taste more like garbage.

I think I have to cut this to a rating that’s lower than it’s amount of burger squares.

I give it 2 out of 4 terrible bumper stickers.

Lastly, we have Wendy’s Chili!

There's crackers in there. That was my doing.

Now, this review is only of the chili I had at the Iowa 80 truckstop on Friday, November 19th. I have had Chili from Wendy’s before and been utterly disappointed, but this time, it was actually quite good. It helped that the Wendy’s employee overloaded it with onions and cheese. Just look at how this looked when I got it!

Soooo overloaded with yum.

So tasty. Unfortunately, I had already finished 3/4 of a pound of lousy meat by eating that triple stack before this. The chili was great, but helped me feel more and more terrible. By the time I left the largest truck stop in the world, I was moaning and complaining like an overstuffed Keith Habersberger or something.

That’s not the fault of the chili, however, and so I give this particular batch of chili a 4 out of 4 pictures that need more explaining.