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Indiana
Ireland
  • Balfes Dublin
    • In the heart of Dublin's city center we have a fine, French-inspried restaurant that's absolutely worth visiting.
  • Chili Club Dublin
    • An out of the way Thai restaurant provides great eats and solid atmosphere, especially for those looking for a quiet meal.
  • Doheny & Nesbitt Dublin
    • A traditional Irish Victorian pub provides plenty of great eats, and a solid atmosphere to boot.
  • Goose on the Loose Dublin
    • A hole-in-the-wall sandwich place provides solid breakfast at a reasonable price.
  • The Landmark Pub Dublin
    • We go to a pub early in the morning for a spot of traditional Irish breakfast, and get a few decent items in the process.
  • Lennan's Yard Dublin
    • An upscale pub offers a nod towards upscale food, but the end results aren't as good as they could be.
  • Mr. Yummy Dublin
    • A fast food place with a lot of ambition had a menu too diverse to really focus on anything good.
  • The Rolling Donut
    • Extra decorated pastries take the spotlight in this fancier doughnut shop in the heart of Dublin.
  • Stauntons on the Green Dublin
    • A stop off for breakfast at the hotel we were staying at provides a lovely spread of tasty selections.
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Specials

Spicy Chicken Wars

  • Spicy Chicken Wars
    • We go on a quest to see what the best Spicy Chicken sandwich is out there, and the result should be all too expected.
  • Spicy Chicken Wars II
    • We have more chickens to review as we try to see if anything can be better than the Popeye's sandwich.
  • Spicy Chicken Wars III
    • Another batch of contenders for the crown, but can any of them really unseat the king?

Arby's

  • Big Game Burger
    • Going head long into burgers, Arby's brings their play on the three-meat combo... but something is absolutely lacking.
  • Deep Fried Turkey Gobbler
    • Arby's brings out a new turkey sandwich to pair with last year's turkey club, and it's good... but not special.
  • Hushpuppy Breaded Fish Strips
    • Arby's normally brings the meats, but this time they brought the fish and, frankly, they nailed it.
  • Quarter Pound Brisket Sandwich
    • A too small sandwich can't hold up on the menu in this second brisket offering from the chain.

Burger King

  • Million Dollar Whoppers
    • BK lets the fans create their own burgers, and the top three are now available... and delicious.
  • Quick Bites
    • A look at a 2 for $10 deal drags us into looking at some of Burger King's smaller offerings.
  • Steakhouse Bacon Whopper
    • Burger King tries again with another guest creation, but this one isn't worth anything close to a million dollars.

McDonald's

  • KPop Demon Hunters HUNTR/X Meal
    • The Golden Arches brings out a chicken nugget meal to appeal to all the demon hunting fans out there... but is it any good?
  • Big Arch
    • A larger play on the Big Mac brings us more flavor ideas... but not necessarily more actual flavor.
  • Cheesy Jalapeño Bacon Quarter Pounder with Cheese
    • McDonald's presents a variant to their famous Quarter Pounder that, despite the promise of its ingredients, fails to deliver the goods.
  • Chicken Big Mac
    • The chain introduces, for a limited time, its first major variant of the Big Mac in the West... and it fails to deliver.
  • Hacks
    • McDonald's officalizes its "Secret Menu" items, and we take a look at the good, bad, and the vile from their offerings.
  • "Improved" Burgers
    • McDonald's has updated the way they make their burgers, but the results frankly left me underwhelmed. It's a lot of hype for the same old burgers.
  • McRib
    • Mickey D's pork sandwich returns after a supposed "Farewell Tour", but is it really worth the wait?
  • Quick Bites
    • We sample the Spicy McCrispy and the Bacon Quarter Pounder, but only one manages to impress.
  • Spicy McMuffin
    • The Big M slaps spicy sauce on their famed breakfast sandwich, ruining the balance of flavors in the process.

Pizza Hut

  • Big New Yorker
    • The Big New Yorker is back after over two decades and we try it out to see if it lives up to the hype.
  • New and Improved Pan Pizza
    • Pizza Hut has apparently cut back and remade the Pan Pizza into something smaller and much, much worse.
  • Quick Bites
    • Having lucked into a stuffed crust pizza, we take a look at that pie, along with other items I like to get from the Hut.

Taco Bamba

Taco Bell

  • Cantina Chicken Burrito
    • We sample an offering from the Cantina Chicken menu, and come away impressed... by the sauce on the side.
  • Crispy Chicken Nuggets
    • Lightly spicy, well seasoned, well portioned bites of chicken that are almost too good to be at Taco Bell.
  • Discovery Luxe Box
    • Taco Bell has a fairly new combo, and we check it out to see if it's worth a run for the border.
  • Quick Bites
    • The Bell has new items on their specialty menu, so we take a look at a few of the items at our local location to see if they life up to the hype.
  • Steak Cheesy Street Chalupas
    • Taco Bell takes a big swing and a miss on this supposed fan-favorite mini-tacos.

Wendy's

  • Cajun Crunch Chicken Sandwich
    • Wendy's tries to add cajun kick to their spicy chicken, but all it tastes like is regret.
  • Ghost Pepper Ranch Chicken Sandwich
    • Wendy's comes out swinging with a new, spicy sandwich to try and dominate the market. But can the previous queen reclaim her crown?
  • Krabby Patty Kollab Meal
    • Wendy's debuts a Spongebob collaboration meal that absolutely misses the mark.
  • Mushroom Bacon Cheeseburger
    • This burger has a lot of interesting ingredients but it's let down in its balance and execution.
  • Quick Bites
    • We try the Baconator, Wendy's premium burger on their standard menu, along with a couple of other items.

Other Fast Food

Quck Meals

  • Asian Quick Bowls
    • We review a selection of quick meal options from the Asian section of our local grocery store.
  • Circle K Selections
    • A pop off in an Irish convenience store gave us some local snacks and treats to sample during the early hours of the morning.

Meals Ready to Eat

  • Mexican Chicken Stew MRE
    • A ready to go full day of food comes with an entre featuring a Mexican twist. But is it really good, or even really food?

Cereals

  • Breakfast Cereal
    • We take a round-up of cereals found in our local grocer to see what weird madness kids are subjected to.
  • Breakfast Cereal II
    • We review even more cereals are we slowly go insane from sugar.
  • Breakfast Cereal III
    • We take another trip down the breakfast cereal aisle to find the sugar-coated oddities for our milk-laiden bowl.
  • Captain Crunch Fun Flavors
    • We sample three boxes of the Captain's delights to see if they were worth they hype.
  • General Mills Loaded Cereal
    • We try these new icing filled cereal puffs and discover some flavor and texture combinations do not work well together.

Drinks

  • Coffee Shop Brews
    • We grab a few cups of coffee during SG Live 2024 to see if any of them are worth drinking.
  • Holiday Creamy Vanilla Coke
    • A mixed up version of the standard Vanilla leads to delicious flavors... so long as you drink it on its own.
  • Izze Flavor Round-up
    • We buy a selection of izze cans from a grocery display to see which ones stack up and which ones come out flat.
  • Martinelli’s Cider Selections
    • We take a sampling of the various Martinelli's cider offerings to see how the flavors stack up.
  • Spiced Coke
    • Coca-Cola launched their next big flavor of cola, a raspberry spice sensation, that then was canceled six months later.
  • Warheads Soda
    • Warheads brings us soda that promises a sour slap in the face, but can these cans od candy-colored sugar really deliver?

Salty Snacks

Sour Snacks

  • Sour Snack Roundup
    • We sample a selection of sour treats to see if we can actually find something that makes us feel the sour burn.
  • Sour Snack Roundup II
    • Another collection of candies to pucker your mouth and make your tongue cry.
  • Sour Snack Roundup III
    • We have another batch of sour candies, but this time they're filled with nothing by dissapointment.
  • Sour Snack Mega Roundup
    • We dig through a massive bag of various sour candies to see what measures up and what isn't worth sampling.
  • Sour Snack Roundup V
    • The sour candies keep on coming, and we keep on puckinger up, in this fifth edition of our series.
  • Sour Snack Roundup VI
    • More sour oddities, this time found in the bargain area of a craft store... and I ate them.
  • Sour Snack Roundup VII
    • Easter candies give us more sour snacks to attempt... and not all of them all that edible.
  • Sour Snack Roundup VIII
    • It's another slap of sour flavor, right into your tongue holes.
  • Sour Snack Roundup IX
    • We dive in again, with strips and gummies and even horrible cookies.
  • Sour Snack Roundup X
    • A Wal-Mart run leads to sour in my mouth, and I accept the consequences.
  • Sour Snack Roundup XI
    • We hit the road for another sour excursion, this time with some surprising results.
  • Sour Snack Roundup XII
    • We have three more candies with sour bite, from Shaqs to Strips, that we must consume.
  • Sour Snack Roundup XIII
    • A big batch of sour candies wander across our tongue, some of which are actually quite tasty to eat.
  • Albanese Sour 12 Flavor Gummi Bears
    • Albanese makes great gummi bears, but are their sour bears as good as one would expect from the company?
  • Final Boss Sour Selections
    • A variety of dried fruits go through our rigorous inspection. But just because they're real fruits, does that make them healthier?
  • Halloween Sour Treats
    • We sample three sour, surprising Halloween treats to see if any come out as winners.

Sweet Treats

  • Chocolate Treats
    • We take a look at three new varieties of classic candies to see if any of these deserve to stick around in the chocolate pantheon.
  • Halloween Snack Roundup
    • With the spooky season upon us, it's time to get into the spirit with tasty treats.
  • Holiday Treats
    • The holidays are here and that means we get to eat oddly themed candy treats.
  • Charms Blow Pop Berries
    • Blow Pops are back and they have some new (and reissued) flavors. But are they any good?
  • Girl Scout Cookies
    • We bought a bunch of cookies and, once our sugar haze lifted and we woke up months later, we're now ready to discuss them.
  • Krispy Kreme Thanksgiving Pies Doughnut Collection
    • We try these doughnut makers special treats but find they just don't rise to the holiday occasion.
  • M∓M Flavor Round-Up
    • We sample three kinds of M&sMs to see if the brand has strayed too far from their winning formula.
  • Oreos Coca-Cola Flavored Cookies
    • These chocolate cookies are interesting, but not something that's truly worth the hype.
  • Skittles Gummies
    • Skittles tries its hand at true gummies (which isn't the weirdest idea), but the results are far from great.
  • Welch’s Jelly Beans
    • We take a taste of these chewy treats from Welch's, just in time for Easter.

Hot Sauces

  • Hot Sauce Round-Up
    • After hitting a convention all about hot sauces, we start in on the reviews of our favorite flavors.
  • Hot Sauce Round-Up II
    • We're back with more hot sauces, now delving into some of the much hotter varieties on offer...

Recipes

  • Casseroles
    • We start sharing recipes and we start off with a trio of casseroles.
  • Tex-Mex
    • The cooking continues, this time for a fun fiesta on taco night.
  • Stews
    • Time to get your soup on as we do another trio of recipes to make on a cold night.
  • Italian Feast
    • We prepare an Italian feast, from appetizers to main dishes.
  • Fry-Up
    • I fry up a bunch of tast foods and let my arteries scream in delicious agony.
  • Thanksgiving
    • I prepare a holiday feast, and we go over how to make it all happen.

Further Reading

  • Bananas: Bananas are gross. That is all.
  • Food Etiquette: When to buy, how to choose what to buy, and what's a fair way to meet everyone's needs in a food-party situation.
  • Food Delivery Racket: We take a look at food delivery services and why these companies are simply awful for consumers.
  • A Failed Visit to Burger King: What a ruined trip for fast food means for employment and staff wages.

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