Bruschetta Chicken
Company line: Grilled chicken breast seasoned with bruschetta, parsley and Italian cheeses on crispy onion and peppers with fried potatoes. Topped with scampi and Bolognese sauces.
Company line: Grilled chicken breast seasoned with bruschetta, parsley and Italian cheeses on crispy onion and peppers with fried potatoes. Topped with scampi and Bolognese sauces.
Chain: Applebee's.
Calories: The Bruschetta Chicken had a reasonable (for Applebee's) 850 calories, but 43 grams of fat and 2,760 mgs of salt. The Crunchy Onion Ring Appetizer started off the meal with 1,290 calories, 56 grams of fat, 3,620 mg of salt and an incredible 181 grams of carbohydrates.
Where: 145 Northwest End Blvd., Quakertown.
Order time: Reasonable.
Price: $20 (2 for $20 special).
Review: The price may be right for this generous amount of food, but your cardiologist's bill will more than make up for it. The appetizer had real onion inside, but the breading overwhelmed it. As with many chain dishes, the chicken had too much (yet not enough) going on. The meat was tender and tasty but layered with Bolognese that tasted like chili and scampi sauce that tasted like nothing. The tasty mound of shoestring fried onions and peppers was much better than the onion rings, but the fried potatoes were so salty they were almost inedible.
One other gripe: Applebee's staff hyped the Happy Hour domestic $2 draft beer specials, but neglected to tell the Gang that the Sam Adams Seasonal and Blue Moon we ordered weren't part of it. (They cost $4.99 each.)