First off, happy Friday and secondly happy Fry Day. Every Friday I will add a review of someones fries. I have access to quite a few establishments here that have fries on the menu. After that I may stat in on the store brands and review them too. If you have a favorite place to get fries, let me know. Maybe someday I will get to try them out too as long as I don’t have to travel too far!
Our first victim for Fry Day will be Wendy’s. Those catchy ads with the red hair just make it a prime candidate! That and my wife wanted to go eat too so I had to go somewhere she liked.
Info:
Wendy’s Restaurant
Franklin, IN
Time of day: 1:00pm
Wendy’s fries are cooked in 0 trans fat vegetable oil.
All ratings except hot are a 1-10 scale. Hot is how long they remain warm.
Taste: 4
Appearance: 7
Saltiness: 5
Crispiness: 5
Hot: 14 minutes
Quantity: 140g
Price:$1.49
Value: $.01 per gram
Lets talk about the taste first. I could taste the potato but there was an underlying taste that I couldn’t quite place. The problem with rating fries is that they are usually cooked in the same fryer that they make the fish and the chicken sandwiches in. I didn’t detect either of those in the taste. Maybe I was just tasting the oil?
The appearance was very nice. Nice even browning with very few of the dark spots.
I gave the saltiness a 5 because there was a slight problem. Some of the fries had no salt at all and others had so much it was overpowering. Someone was not stirring their fries!
The crispiness was off a little too. I think mine had been sitting for a little bit in the pan so they weren’t as crisp as they usually are but they weren’t as bad as some i have had, we will cover those later.
Because they are a thin cut fry they didn’t stay hot very long. I have always hated that but usually I can eat them fast enough that I don’t get too many cold ones.
The quantity was 140 grams of fries which is close to the stated weight of 142 grams on their website. I won’t quibble over 2 grams.
That leaves the price. $1.49 for a medium order of fries. I guess everyone is on the price hike bandwagon for fries now. At any rate it works out to be .01 per gram. I may have to revise the value rating in the future and not round it out as much as most places are going to be very similar in the value price.
A couple of quick photos:
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Jeff, you are too cool! And so professional, AND thorough. This was a job well done. You reminded me that I do, indeed, quite like Wendy’s fries, although they are not my favorite. In a pinch, any fry will do. Except for under-done baked crinkle cut kind that can’t even be saved with gravy and cheese…
Thanks for this Jeff. Didja’ find a ruler? I don’t see “length of fry” listed in your info…
What a great thing to rate every Fry-Day. It’s a legitimate reason to sample fries from lots of places. I enjoyed the review!