Food Porn: TGI Fridays Sizzling Chicken & Shrimp Alfredo

“Simply put, Fridays always brings the sizzle,” said TGI Fridays’ vice president of marketing in an April press release.

“That’s why we decided to expand the Sizzling menu for a limited time only—with taste innovations that celebrate everyone’s favorite flavors.”

Thanks a lot, Fridays. Expanding seems to be your expertise. Take the Sizzling Chicken & Shrimp Alfredo.

“Garlic-marinated chicken breasts with shrimp served with fettuccine tossed in Alfredo sauce, Parmesan and Romano,” says the menu. “Served over melted cheese and topped with Parmesan, Romano, bacon and parsley.”

Yup. Just in case ordinary heart-attack-on-a-plate fettuccine Alfredo isn’t good enough, Fridays now dishes it out in a pool of cheese, topped with...bacon and more cheese!

Your expanding fat cells need to make room for 1,720 calories plus 48 grams of saturated fat (2½ days’ worth), 2,480 milligrams of sodium (a full day’s supply), and a nice load of refined white pasta.

It’s like being served three McDonald’s Quarter Pounders with Cheese all on one plate. So convenient!

“We bring the sizzle like no other,” says Fridays’ TV ad. Don’t be so modest, TGIF. That’s not all you’re bringing.

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Photo: TGI Fridays.