The chicken itself was passable, being crispy and neither too oily nor too dry, albeit rather tasteless. The other items were horrible, though.
The mashed potato was awful, having, in the words of my brother in law, the consistency of coagulated phlegm. To top it off, a crust seemed to have formed around the coagulated phlegm in the short time since the mashed potato had been scooped into our container, and the gravy was tasteless.
It was a tossup as to whether the coleslaw was even worse. Any 5 year old could have made better coleslaw - this one had a dressing that remarkably managed to both lack any taste and yet seem fat-laden at the same time. Meanwhile, the vegetables in the coleslaw looked like they came from a 5 year old's fruit salad (ie in irregularly sized chinks) instead of being properly shredded, with a generous sprinkling of Frozen Mixed Vegetables (Corn, Carrot and Peas) thrown in.
The fries, though as crispy as those in most places, were somewhat limp and lacking in flavour, being the second worst fast food fries I've ever had, with the sole exception of KFC's before they launched their current "Crispy Fries" (they have since dropped the "Crispy" part).
To top it off, they got my order wrong - I'd ordered the Chicken Sandwich, but they gave me the Chicken Fillet Sandwich (which was hot). From the bite I took it seemed passable, though, just being a hotter version of their original recipe chicken.
I'm never going back there again.
Doing research on this wretched company, I came across their equally wretched website which had their poorly-sung and poorly-conceptualised jingle played on loop on all the site's pages, with no option to mute it.
Since they were so eager to drum it into everyone's heads, I have transcribed it - make of it what you will:
Annoying Marrybrown Jingle
Relax your very heart (weary)
Fast'ten just slows down (???)
Follow us to Marrybrown
Delicious food that's flowering (???)
Writer you all the way (Right with)
Crispy chicken, tasty burger (burgers)
Licious Nasi Marrybrown (Delicious)
Something were'chwa every penny (worth your)
Good choice good taste all well and ray hey dee (ready)
Just don't think twice,
Let's all come and join in to Marrybrown
We can always right! (get it?)
On their website, you can also see their
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I saw a "69" bus service in Tampines. I wonder if some idiot will write in to the Straits Times forum protesting at the existence of this subtle avenue for corrupting our young.