Review: Yoshinoya - Chicken Bowl

Yoshinoya is famous for their Original Beef Bowl but a fair amount of people also order the Chicken Bowl which is a fairly typical rendition of your common Chicken Teriyaki Bowl: grilled chicken thigh (skin-on unless you specify otherwise), broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower, and teriyaki sauce over a bed of steamed short grain rice.

A regular-sized bowl costs $3.59.

Review: Pollo Campero - Yuca Fries

Pollo Campero is a Guatemalan fried chicken fast food chain and the largest fast food chain in Latin America. They made landfall in the U.S. in 2002 and have since expanded to 50 U.S. locations including one at Downtown Disney in Orlando. Guatemalan fried chicken offers a different flavor and seasoning than the southern style we're more used to but today I write about one of their more unusual sides--Yuca Fries!

Review: Subway - Steak & Cheese Sub

Subway Steak & Cheese Sub has been an on again, off again menu item that is now a permanent fixture on the menu. Like all Subway subs, it features your choice of bread, cheese, condiments, and veggies and a specific meat, in this case, steak. Since cheese is free on all Subway subs, they really should have just called it the "Steak Sub" but I guess that's just not as catchy.

Since it's "FebruANY," it'll only cost you $5 for a Footlong this month but is normally $6.25.

Review: Wendy's - Asiago Ranch Chicken Club

Wendy's new Asiago Ranch Chicken Club replaces their previous chicken club with a more bolder version. The new club sandwich replaces Swiss with a more trendy Asiago and takes out the mayo for a more interesting Ranch sauce. The rest of the ingredients are the same familiar bacon (thicker and Applewood-smoked now), iceberg lettuce, tomato, and your choice of chicken (homestyle, spicy, or grilled) on a premium soft bun.

Suggested retail price is $4.79 but it goes for $4.99 at my local Wendy's.

Review: Keebler - Fudge Shoppe Jumbo Peanut Butter Sticks

Keebler's Fudge Shoppe Peanut Butter Sticks now come in a new Jumbo size. Each fudge-covered wafer stick with peanut butter filling is individually wrapped and can be bought in a box of six for a retail price of around $3.49 with a sales price ranging around the $2 mark.

Review: 7-Eleven - 7-Select Onion Rings

In more recent years, 7-Eleven has been expanding the number of items it produces under its own label, 7-Select, including such things as bread, juice, and snacks. 7-Eleven's Onion Rings appear similar to a favorite of mine, Frito Lay's Funyuns. They're onion-flavor fried rings made of corn meal sold at 79 cents for a 1.625-ounce bag.

News: Subway - "Free" Cookie Day - February 14, 2011

Subway is offering a free cookie with any purchase on this upcoming Monday, February 14th i.e. Valentine's Day. Besides having to buying something, you'll also have to print out this coupon. I don't know... do you really need a coupon for a cookie that normally costs 50 cents?

Beyond the inconvenience of printing out a coupon, it's not bad to pick up a free cookie with your morning coffee or if you're stopping by at Subway for lunch anyway especially since virtually all their footlong subs are $5 this month.

Frozen Friday: Healthy Choice - Roasted Chicken Marsala

Healthy Choice's Cafe Steamers Roasted Chicken Marsala promises a "fresh taste unlocked by steam" and features chicken tenderloins with whole grain penne pasta, asparagus, and red peppers in a marsala wine sauce.

Retail price for this one hovers around $3.99 for 10 ounces of food and going down to $2.00 to $3.00 on sale.

News: General Mills - Limited-Edition Retro Cereal Boxes at Target

Retro Boxes

Modern Boxes

If you're looking for a little bit of cereal nostalgia, General Mills is again bringing retro back with a select five limited-edition retro cereal boxes with designs and cartoons from the '50s, '60s, and '70s.

News: Papa John's - Heart-Shaped Pizza Back for Valentine's Day

Hoping to start a tradition, Papa John's is once again serving up heart-shaped pizzas for Valentine's Day. Apparently, they sold over 60,000 heart-shaped pizzas last year.

For those looking for a more affordable and casual Valentine's Day this year, heart-shaped pizzas will be available now until Monday, February 14, 2011.

News: Taco Bell - Facebook Taco Giveaway

In thanks for their support during a beef class action lawsuit against Taco Bell, Taco Bell is giving a free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Taco per fan via Facebook, limited to 10 million taco given away.

Unlike previous giveaways where you could just print out a coupon from the Taco Bell website, to take advantage of this offer, you actually have to be or become a fan of Taco Bell on Facebook by "Liking" them. Yes, this also means you have to actually have a Facebook account.

Review: McDonald's - Bacon, Egg and Cheese McGriddles

McDonald's Bacon, Egg and Cheese McGriddles is for people who want hotcakes, bacon, egg, and cheese but in altogether in a quick-to-eat and portable form i.e. a sandwich.

Basically, the McGriddles is a breakfast sandwich featuring mini, thick fluffy pancakes embedded with little pockets of maple syrup sandwiching the standard breakfast combination of bacon or sausage, eggs, and cheese.