TASTE TEST
Going solo, but not hungry
Chicken à la King 1 PICK N PAY 350g R42.90
Prudence: Sauce very good, amount of salt good, sufficient for one serving. Sthobile: Though appearance is not so appetising, it tastes good, there’s a good amount of chicken. Sauce is excellent Buhle: Sauce is very good – rich and tasty and everything is well cooked but not sure this is enough for one serving.
Queen: Colour is good and consistency of sauce wonderful with no lumps.
2 WOOLWORTHS 400g R59.99
Takatso: It looks and tastes nice but consistency of sauce is poor — like yoghurt mixed with chicken and vegetables
Nompumelelo: The sauce is runny, chicken pieces chunky but well cooked. Parsley in the rice makes the dish look appealing. Lethabo: Chicken is well cooked, nice texture but sauce is pale and bland. Valencia: Insufficient chicken but plenty of sauce.
3 CHECKERS 350g R39.99
Buhle: Thumbs-up for appearance, but chicken is chewy and pieces too big. veg undercooked and sauce too little and tasteless. Smangele: Sauce has lumps and too oily. Appearance unsatisfactory , chicken pieces too chunky, too much pepper.
Thulani: Taste not good, too oily. Chicken too big, sauce poor. Not enough for one. Noxolo : Too oily and lumpy. Big chunks of chicken and the veg are overpowering.
Chicken & Broccoli Bake 1 PICK N PAY 350g R59.90
Kamogelo: Seasoning is enough and consistent, the broccoli and chicken were big enough. Overall it was the best tasting.
Nomvula: The amount of chicken is sufficient but broccoli little undercooked. Sauce better than others. Simemo: Chicken cooked perfectly but sauce needed more seasoning and broccoli was a bit tough and crunchy. Godisang: Adequate seasoning, sauce is perfect, sufficient chicken. Excellent.
2 WOOLWORTHS 350g R59.99
Daryl: Well gratinated, chicken tender, smaller broccoli pieces, maybe a bit salty.
Pearl: I enjoyed the dish, the only thing was the sauce was a bit runny.
Abenathi: Looked appetising, sauce a bit runny and texture of the broccoli was elegant and chicken tasted good.
Luyanda: Seasoning perfect, size of broccoli and chicken too big and they should decrease the size.
3 CHECKERS 300g R39.99
Simemo: Insufficient seasoning, chicken didn’t taste good, too little cheese. Bongi: Sauce too thick and cheese was not enough and broccoli size too big.
Zandile: Amount of broccoli is good but chicken is not that much. No seasoning. Keshmika: Chicken is underseasoned in comparison to the rest of the dish, it’s quite tasteless and unsatisfying and quite stringy. The sauce improves the dish but there’s insufficient cheese.