Cajun Chicken Sub w/ Mayo, Swiss Cheese, American Cheese & Lettuce from 7-11
Item Purchased: Cajun Chicken Sub w/ Mayo, Swiss Cheese, American Cheese & Lettuce
Location Purchased: 7-Eleven / 1350 S. Halsted / Chicago, IL
Price: $3.59 + tax
Review: I don’t know what it is about 7-Eleven that fascinates me so, but every time I see a new sandwich flavor, I have to try it. Obviously the crack team of engineers working behind the scenes at 7-Eleven central are under-appreciated savants of snack food innovation, as can be seen by the ingenious Big Gulp Ice Cream Float add-on for your big gulp.
Unlike their plastics research, however, their success ratio with their fresh deli sandwiches is exactly 50/50.
The Cajun Chicken sub is alluring at first glance for the orange-colored chicken breast nuzzled inside of the typically rubbery sub bun you find at any convenience store worth their weight in cigarettes and 40s. Upon closer inspection, however, you realize that the orange coloration is not some spectacular cajun seasoning, but a clever attempt to fool the undiscerning customer with paprika. The chicken breast was surprisingly tender and tasty. That is as far as this reviewer’s praise will reach though. The rest of the sandwich was not as good, and all but negated the incredibly prepared chicken breast.
First of all, the label promises both Swiss and American Cheese. On my sandwich, I had two slices of American and no Swiss. Confused, I checked my watch to make sure it wasn’t Patriot’s Day or some other such holiday where we are only supposed to consume American products. Nope. They just plum forgot to give me any Swiss. Maybe the Swiss-handler was on his cigarette break while my sandwich was being constructed on the conveyor belt. Or maybe the hole-puncher used to make the generic white cheese look like Swiss was malfunctioning. Maybe they just forgot. I don’t know, but all I know is that I much prefer Swiss to American (cheese, that is…put the phone down!) and I received no swiss.
I have already commented on the gutted rubber boot 7-Eleven refers to as a sandwich bun, so moving on to the mayonnaise. I’m not much of a fan, but realize it’s ability to enhance certain sandwich flavors when used sparingly. Spare it was not. By the time I had eaten half of my sandwich, I had enough eggy white mayonnaise on my face and fingers to lube an Indy car and have enough left over to dip a side order of fries in. Woah man, woah! Any cajun spice flavor that may have been present was surely overcome by the goopy pools of may dripping from my rubber bun like my kitchen faucet.
I’ve enjoyed 7-Eleven’s other sandwiches and will continue to shop there, but I sincerely hope they send the sandwich ideas to their Big Gulp R&D team before putting bunk like this on their shelves ever again.
Note (11/28/2005): I know I gave this sandwich a bad review, but it was either this one or a Turkey Pita sandwich and after the weekend I had, my body would strangle itself if I introduced any more turkey into it.
Rating: 1.5 / 5
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