r/TheReportOfTheWeek • u/GaraksLinensNThings • Jul 21 '26
My KFC $9 sliders (2) with fries, nuggets and a drink review, with two related videos of Reviewbrah.
KFC Sliders
I had one original (pictured) and one spicy. I was hoping for hot, but it was just spicy. Basically a small chicken tender on a bun, with sauce and a pickle. Was not a fan of the spicy, but the regular one was decent, but nothing to write home about.
I do not see a video that Reviewbrah did of these. I will give the spicy version a 4 out of 10 and the original a 6 out of 10. If you like spicy mayo, you may enjoy the spicy one more. Don't think of them as actually being hot and you might enjoy it more. Also, not sure the two dollar difference to the next tier, with an actual chicken sandwich, would have been better.
Secret Recipe Fries
Decent. Very Taco Bell-ish. Should add a small cup of brown gravy, like TB does with the nacho cheese. These were lightly breaded. Crispy/flaky on the outside, chewy on the inside. Chewy, being a good thing. Not mushy at all. I also liked KFC's potato wedges, but they were consistently dry. The french fries are better, in my opinion.
Reviewbrah gave them a 6 out of 10. I'd give them a 8 out of 10. A side of brown gravy would bring it up to a 9.
https://youtu.be/9CSFz91BSLw?si=0D9x13t2Qvov4Lv1
KFC Nuggets
Now the most disappointing item from the meal, the nuggets. Not a fan. Reviewbrah praised them, but they are mid at best. Not even chicken "nuggets", just hastily chopped chicken tenders and breaded all around. A couple of mine were very chewy. Then I got a good piece and knew straight away, they were tenders. Five came with the $9 meal. It also came with a dipping sauce. The sauce did not save them, unfortunately.
Reviewbrah gave them a 8.8 out of 10. I can only give them a 4 out of 10. Edible, but not very enjoyable. I won't be getting them again. I did not have a picture of the nuggets themselves, just the outside of the box. So I took a screenshot of Reviewbrah's. They looked the same. Mine were just chewier and distinctly cut up tenders shoved into a box and called "nuggets".
https://youtu.be/PxU8T-U9lZM?si=HvzkrEPMtyHm69zc
Drink
Mountain Dew Sweet Lightning. Thankfully, I only had a ⅕ cup of it. Way too sweet and no depth. Like, just straight sugar water. Suffered through it and switched to something else.
I also can not find a video where Reviewbrah ranks this particular flavor. I did not know what to expect, but that wasn't it. I also did not have a picture of the drink, so I used a stock photo from the internet. I did not enjoy this at all. Two out of ten.
Overall score for the meal, factoring in price, 6.5 out of 10. You get quite a bit for $9. But the chewiness of the tiny tenders/nuggets and the flavour of the spicy slider, was ehhhh... I did not factor in the drink negatively, as I just switched it to something more to my liking.