Hot new country and western bar Rock ‘n’ Horse Saloon’s fried chicken meal has over half of daily fat and 101 per cent daily salt. 

NUTRITION FACTS: Serving size: 1 meal (347 g)
• Calories: 718
• Total Fat: 37.5 g (Daily Value 58%)
• Sodium: 2415 mg (Daily Value 101%)
• Carbohydrates: 36.8 g (Daily Value 12%)
• Protein: 58.3 g

This downtown resto-bar is one of Toronto’s new cowboy-inspired hotspots. I advise avoiding the mechanical bull until after you’ve digested your meal! Watch out for the buttermilk fried chicken with jalapeno cornbread and coleslaw. The chicken is brined, soaked in buttermilk, dredged in a rice flour mix, deep-fried and then baked. Already a land mine of calories and fat, it also dishes up a day’s worth of sodium. You’ll have to do some major line dancing to work this meal off!

ROSE’S HEALTHY TAKE:  Tex-Mex tortilla-crusted chicken 

Here’s my take on a great western chicken dish. I advise prepping the dish early in the day. Refrigerate and then bake just before serving.

Post City Magazines’ culinary columnist, Rose Reisman, is the author of 17 cookbooks, a TV and radio personality and a health and wellness expert. Visit Rose at www.rosereisman.com