Tasting Nashville hot chicken in New York City

👋 Adam here. I'm happy to be back after an invigorating trip to New York, where I saw Hugh Jackman and a crackerjack "Céline Dion" sing their hearts out onstage.

• But even in the Big Apple, Nashville was never far from my mind.

While we were out of town, my boyfriend Forrest and I discovered a Music City staple on a menu in Manhattan.

• Melt Shop offered a Nashville hot chicken mac and cheese with shredded Monterey Jack, bread crumbs and ranch.
• I am not the target audience for hot chicken or mac and cheese, so Forrest offered to give it a try.

🐔 Forrest's review: The mac and cheese was a good balance of pasta and sauce, but the Nashville hot chicken had nothing on our local variety. It was not particularly spicy and ended up tasting like a regular chicken tender.

📬 Have you encountered "Nashville hot chicken" or another hometown delicacy on any of your vacations? How did it stack up to the real thing? Let us know.

• We might use your responses in an upcoming newsletter.