KFC menu changes

I often walk from my office to buy something at KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) for my lunch. Ever since KFC took over the Burger King spot here in town, they have been luring most people away from McDonald's right across the street. And I think I understand why. Not only do most of their meals come with rice (most people here can't get along without that), but they constantly update their menu to keep the people coming back to try the new items.

When they first arrived in town more than two years ago, they had just introduced their rice bowls, the chicken salad and go-go sandwiches. Then they had their chicken tempura meal, followed by a barbeque (on the stick) chicken meal and most recently orange chicken. The taco variety of the go-go sandwich (salad veggies with chicken on pita bread) was my favourite and whenever I had the appetite, I would order the chicken tempura meal with an add-on of coleslaw. Yum-yum. (By comparison, the only new item that McDonald's has introduced in the past year was practically their McRice burgers.)

Sadly, they slowly began taking away some items as well. Around the beginning of the year, I learned that they would stop serving the go-go taco. Then they took away their rice bowls (a la king, szechuan and mongolian varieties) and then--alas for me!--the tempura chicken. I've just also noticed that they're no longer serving the barbeque chicken. In place of the this and the tempura chicken, they apparently introduce their crispy strips served with either gravy, sweet and sour sauce or teriyaki sauce. I haven't tried it because when it first appeared on their display, I was told that it was going to be served with their gravy which I really find disgusting. Now that a big ad mentions the other options, I'm tempted to try it out.