Wendy's Leeds: What I thought of the American burger chain as it returns to Briggate 20 years after closure.
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00:00 Hello everyone, this is Charles from the Orchard Evening Post here at the site of the new Wendy's restaurant in Leeds City Centre
00:07 where I've been invited down ahead of the big opening tomorrow to try a few different things on the menu
00:14 It's the first time Wendy's has had a spot in Leeds for over 20 years
00:20 so yeah, it's kind of a big, part of a big push for the brand to kind of re-establish themselves in the UK
00:29 and yeah, so as part of that they've invited me down to try a few different things on the menu
00:36 and I was more than happy to accept, so as you can see I've got a few things to go through here
00:41 so I will give you my verdict
00:44 So what I've been made for my taster session is the double baconator
00:51 the baconator fries
00:54 a spicy chicken burger
00:57 medium fries
01:00 classic chicken nuggets
01:02 and the spicy chicken nuggets
01:05 Right, so I've had a sample of everything that was served up to me
01:11 and I have to say it's very good, very good indeed
01:16 I was speaking to the managers before, they emphasised, and I was asking
01:22 what's differentiating this place from the likes of Macca's or Burger King or Five Guys
01:28 and they said, you know, it's affordable but also everything's made fresh
01:33 and it does come through, especially with the baconator
01:41 and their thing as well is having square shaped food, well burgers they said
01:49 so that displays how they don't cut corners
01:53 but yeah, I want to say it was really good
01:57 really fresh, lovely sort of spicy sauce on the burger
02:03 so yeah, I was feasting on that, trying to control myself
02:08 because I realised I had to try and have a bit of everything
02:11 and I'm not particularly hungry, I just got told when I started my shift
02:16 that I was going to be trying everything at Wendy's
02:19 so, you know, one of the perks of being a journalist isn't there
02:23 but yeah, the cheesy fries as well, the baconator fries were really good
02:28 really succulent cheese here, really nice cheese sauce
02:34 yeah, great
02:36 and then the variety of chicken products which I was told is halal as well
02:42 it's not in every Wendy's but it is in this one in Leeds
02:46 which I can't remember if I mentioned is the biggest in the UK
02:50 again, great, really fresh
02:54 the spicy burger and spicy nuggets as well were, I don't know
02:58 yeah, sort of like a peppery kick to them as well which I wasn't expecting
03:02 just, I'm very, very impressed
03:06 so yeah, see what you think