Forget using modern science towards medicine. No, what we really need is a more efficient way to be carnivorous and caffeinated. Introducing the next best reason since cellphones for your car insurance rates to go up — the combo chicken nuggets and Coke cup, The Col-Pop. Yeah. Dead McBirds and corn syrup combined in one handy-dandy container.
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The Col-Pop is the newest import from South Korea, coming only to New York, New Jersey and North Carolina BBQ Chicken locations. BBQ Chicken is a South Korean-based fried chicken chain, and the closest one to Charlotte is in Greensboro. BBQ Chicken’s sister company BHC Chicken plans to offer spaghetti, french fries and fried mozzarella balls in Col-Pop cups.
The Col-Pop is one large cup that holds the nuggets in a separate but connected container above the liquid. The straw reaches through the mountain of chicken-parts to the soda at the bottom. Serious Eats tackles the scientific aspects of the cup (condensation and soggy nugget texture) and offers more photos of what will surely be the downfall of society or, at least, of your New Years diet.
The only question we could come up with is this: What if you want to dip? Will there be a Col-Pop side attachment for sauces?
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2008.
