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So we have a new “Limited Edition” at McDonalds. A Deluxe burger with or without bacon and a side order of Chunky Chips.

As people who know me will testify I likes me some burger. However although my youngest daughter is a devotee of the Golden Arches, I myself am a Burger King fan. Their XL Bacon Double Cheeseburgers are Sublime. They have also introduced a “Dark” Whopper, which I shall sample and review soon.

McDonalds Deluxe with Bacon and Chunky Chips
Deluxe: Not like McDonalds at all, which is nice!

That said I do go into McD’s more often than BK for two reasons:- 1, When out for fast food I am usually with the afore-mentioned child and therefore it’s her choice. B, Distance. I do not own a car and BK is a good 30mins away on foot and no burger is worth walking that much. Similarly, Maccy’s is also 30mins walk away to either of the two on the retail parks. One is next to BK and the other KFC. There is however a Maccy’s in town, a mere 10mins away but that particular outlet is very poor. The staff are rude, the food either cold and/or badly presented and the restaurant itself is usually filthy. Best avoided then.

Anywho, McDonalds Limited Edition Deluxe with Bacon, and I quote “This great tasting burger is made with a 100% beef, smoked bacon rashes, a slice of mature cheddar cheese, Batavia lettuce, sliced tomato, grilled onions, tomato relish and garlic mayo, all on a lightly toasted ciabatta roll.”

If asked to describe a typical burger, be it a quarter pounder or big mac, I mainly say one word - “WET”. They use too much sauce - it’s usually beyond the capabilities of a typical serving person to order and then serve one sans sauce and not worth the hassle/wait that ensues - and the meat is very greasy. Having been cooked on a hot plate the grease from the meat just sits there and consequently gets included in your burger, and on it if truth be told. You open up the box or paper wrapper and its basically swimming in grease. Not good.

But all hail the Deluxe. Whether I entered the building on the day someone who knew how to cook was on shift I know not, but the damn thing was delicious. Nice and dry, just the right amount of sauce. It even, and I’m not joking here, looked like the picture above. Yes a burger from McDonalds that looks like the photo used to represent it. Joy.

It was the best burger I have had in a long time. If this is the sign of the times I will not begrudge the weekly trips to the home of the Big Mac (thats another issue, mainly for trading standards ‘cos it ain’t in any way shape or form “Big”)

It didn’t fall apart, the ciabatta roll being more substantial than the usual crappy bun and there being a reasonable amount of sauce rather than the soaking mass of crap and fat that usually befall a McBurger. I could actually taste the meat as well. Delicious.

Chunky Chips. Man are these great. I like McDonald’s fries for what they are, French Fries. Not chips as explained in a previous post. These Chunky Chips are Fat Fries and delicious with it. For once they were hot, which is nice, and also crispy and dry. I actually imagined them to be like the oven chips you get at KFC, i.e. crap. But no they are great. I do hope they decide to keep them on the menu.

All in all a great meal was had by me. So now I go through the Golden Arches with a renewed sense of a meal that will be worth eating. Roll on Friday.