Wingstop: Garlic Parmesan

There comes a time in every king's reign where there is a crisis in the kingdom which must be dealt with.  King Louis XVI had to deal with the French Revolution, King Richard had to deal with the Crusades, and now the King of the Wing has had to endure his own upheaval in the United Wingdom.  What could be the reason behind this?  Wingstop's Garlic Parmesan wings.

Let me back up first.  I decided to meet up with the Queen after work because we had acquired some tickets to see a traveling band of minstrels known as "Boston" at Verizon theater in Grand Prairie.  We agreed that in order to celebrate such an occasion, wings were in order.  Luckily, there is a Wingstop near her place of business, so it was agreed upon.  The only new flavor we tried this time was Garlic Parmesan.  How could it go wrong?  We like garlic!  We like parmesan!  Unfortunately, these wings were not as advertised.

We had imagined something along the lines of this:  a nice wing, fried to a crisp, then tossed in a garlic sauce and dusted in a parmesan cheese mix to finish it off.  What we got was basically a handful of plain naked wings with no sauce (and almost no seasoning) with a cup and a half of powdered parmesan cheese dumped on top.  This was quite disappointing because I thought I had heard good things about this flavor.  Maybe I was confusing it for the garlic wings at Buffalo Wild Wings or somewhere else.  The Queen and I were both quite unimpressed with these wings.  They had no detectable garlic flavor of any kind, and the parmesan topping seemed very much like the powdered can of parmesan cheese one might put on pizza.  Its a very rare thing for the King to dislike a wing, but unfortunately these did not pass the test.  Their only positive was that they were pretty crispy, which is enough for a few points in my rankings, but that's about it.  They will not be in the regular rotation.  Luckily, Wingstop has plenty of other flavors for me to stuff my face with.

Garlic Parmesan

Heat Index: 0

Flavor: 3

Overall: 3

Flying Saucer: Atomic

Welcome back my royal subjects.  This have been extremely busy in the real world, so this post has been delayed, but do not fret.  The king has returned.  Recently, the royal court has decided that we should join the UFO club at the Flying Saucer in Addison.  Drink 200 different beers and you get a plate on the wall and a fun party!  There has been a lot of big talk and banter coming from the female section of the royal court about being able to accomplish this task.  It should be an interesting challenge, and I imagine there might be quite a few chicken wings as a bonus.  We decided to kick things off after the Queen and her ladies got off work one Friday, and of course I decided that I needed to sample the fine chicken wings at the Saucer.


As an appetizer, we had some excellent loaded cheese fries.  That was a big plate, so we were kind of full.  We decided to split a small order of 8 wings made with their Atomic sauce!  They were fairly good sized, naked, fried to a delicious crispiness, and served with celery and carrot sticks.  They had a powerful aroma that I would expect from an Atomic sauce.  After digging in, we were slightly disappointed.  The wings themselves were great texture and very well cooked, but the flavor was lacking.  There was definitely some heat, which was nice, but there wasn't much seasoning.  The wings actually seemed to be lightly tossed in some type of chili oil rather than some fancy sauce made with a secret blend of peppers and hobo spices.  It was unique for sure, and tasted pretty good, but the flavor wasn't bold enough.  The heat hit you pretty quickly but topped off just as fast.


To drink 200 beers, we will be going back to the Flying Saucer a lot.  I will definitely get these wings again after I try all of their sauces.  Stay tuned and I'm sure we'll be updating more wings, more beer, and more fun as we continue our quest to accomplish all 200 beers.  2 down, 198 to go.


Flying Saucer Atomic Wings
Heat: 7.25
Flavor: 6
Overall: 7