As promised, I will now present you with my critical review of my DoorDash experience.
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My order from Lion's Choice consisted of the following items
1 - Regular Roast Beef Sandwich
1 - Bag of house chips
1 - Side of cheddar cheese sauce
1 - Regular drink, sweet tea + regular tea mix
1 - Frozen Custard, vanilla
The sandwich, chips, and cheese were packed into a single bag, the custard in a bag of its own, and the drink stood alone by itself, all placed on my front porch by a fellow named Joseph within the appointed time slot. He used what looked like his own car to drop off the delivery which I suppose is standard for the DoorDash system of delivery. Joe took a picture and texted me with proof that the order was delivered, reminiscent of what Amazon Prime does.
Immediately after fetching the delivery from the front porch I opened it up and laid it out on the table, per the picture above. My first thoughts were that the drink was too large and the sandwich too small. It was only slightly bigger than a regular McDonalds burger which is about half the size of what a burger should be. As you can see in the photo there was no overflowing abundance of beef as was the case in the picture on their website. They did offer a larger version but I didn't order it because the regular one looked more than adequate. I suppose I should have known better.
Lion's Choice is about a 13 minute drive from my front porch, and the burger was still slightly warm upon arrival. Hot would have been better, but apparently Joseph didn't use thermal insulated containers to transport the order. The portion of shaved beef was adequate but did not come to or go beyond the edge of the bun as I expected. The bun was soft and mushy as is the case with most fast food fare. My first bite was unimpressive, which is not to say it was disappointing. It just wasn't the glorious tasting beef sandwich I was hoping for. The second bite didn't go as smoothly due to the stringiness of the meat. I could not bite through it, but it was easy enough to pull apart. By this time I noted there wasn't much taste. I suppose that could be my taste buds, but more likely it was simply the beef. It was too simple in fact. By the time I was nearly half way through the sandwich it occurred to me that I could dip it into the cheese sauce, which I did. That improved the taste of the sandwich dramatically. That second half also is where all the salt happened to be. I didn't taste any on the first half but it was definitely applied to the last half. I thought it could be the cheese that was salty, but that did not show when I sampled the cheese by itself.
I love to make my own chips, and I buy Billy Goat homemade chips from Dierbergs all the time. So when Lion's Choice offered house made chips as an option to fries, I took them up on it. I was not disappointed at all. They were wonderful tasting potato chips. I got the cheese for the chips and that did enhance the eating experience. But the cheese served a better purpose when I dipped the sandwich into it.
What can I say about sweet tea that you do not know already? I rarely drink the stuff so that I don't have much to compare it with. Diluting it half with sweet and regular tea suited my tastes very well. The rest of the choices for drinks were all sodas which I do not favor, or plain water. I'm glad I got the tea.
Frozen custard is not like ice cream which is why I ordered it. The only place I know around here that offers it besides the Lion place is Culver's, and Culver's is not a member of the DoorDash syndicate. That's about a pint of frozen custard and I must say it arrived in perfect condition. It was very spoonable, meaning it was not frozen rock hard or melting from the 90+ degrees weather. The taste was totally awesome and it is the custard that made this whole adventure worthwhile. I only ate half so that I will have some for a future celebration.
When I finished eating I was satisfied, but not full. Most of the satisfaction came from the dessert in fact. If there is a next time I will be sure to order the super giant sized sandwich, which probably is more like what a regular sandwich should be. I'll have to say that I was expecting more given all the good reviews I have read in these forums, but I can't say I was disappointed. I would recommend Lion's Choice to anybody who likes these kind of sandwiches. On a scale of 1 - 5 I would give them 3.75 stars.