hello everyone this is Running on Empty Food review well hello ladies gentlemen and everyone
watching welcome one and all to this newest edition of The Running on Empty Food review series
I'm your host the report of the week it's always a pleasure to be here well I guess I'll start this
off with a question this is going to be so much of a review as it's also going to be my thoughts
on this and again a question to all of you and my question is essentially this what happened success
versus failure there is going to be a degree of subjectivity to that I understand sometimes there
are instances where you could look at something you could very clearly see it's an enormous
success or you can look at something and you could see this is a staggering failure then there are
sometimes those instances where it's like well what do you really qualify as as one or the other
this release from McDonald's on the other hand I don't know one thing one metric I should say
that I usually use to try to gauge how successful the release is when it comes down to the world of
fast food is the amount of interest and obviously a lot of companies use that too because obviously
they want interest in their item they want to make profit from it of course right that makes
that makes total sense and that will dictate of course a level of success generally speaking
McDonald's they're fine when it comes down to interest item after item release after release
even these unoriginal uninspired boring repackaged releases is that there's nothing special to it
it's just a burger that you know some famous singer happened to endorse right those get the
interest get people talking people will go out oh I want to get this meal I want to get that meal
Etc so generally speaking McDonald's you know it's just one big hit after the next after the next
after the next even if it's again no originality no branding no packaging nothing but it still gets
people talking and then this release came along it was released a week ago right off the bat I could
already tell you know there's something about this but what is it exactly McDonald said we are going
to be teaming up and doing a sort of international release okay it sounds pretty cool right so what
is it going to be exactly we going to be releasing a Savory chili wicd Donald's sauce and that's with
a W wickd Donald's instead of McDonald's and I suppose it's supposed to be themed off of
I believe and I may be incorrect here I believe it's supposed to be themed from a Japanese manga
and again it's supposed to have this sort of savory chili flavor dipping sauce and they went
all out they went with special branding special packaging they have I got the sauce I'm going
to be reviewing it and it might be a good product but you know what you know how much interest there
has been in this release despite The Branding which is quite frankly better than half of the
celebrity uh meals they've been pumping out for years you know how much interest there has been
and I was looking at this very carefully almost none almost no interest whatsoever in this sauce
people couldn't care less and what I see online as far as any sorts of discourse and talk on various
Forums on various videos you name it people just kind of think McDonald's well right and that's
it there is no care no motivation whatsoever to go out and get this no desire to what went wrong
that's the question that I have this is probably the first McDonald's release I have seen that has
gotten such low interest amongst the public I mean we could all talk about the news cycle all we want
but a lot of the time when McDonald's releases a new item it's actually talked about on major media
networks oh McDonald's is releasing you know this meal or that meal or this sauce or that
sauce there's none of that with this there's no interest I almost got no requests for this also
which is a rarity but McDonald's was treating this like a full-blown release uh again they
went out with the The Branding special packaging special ad campaigns I think they even released
a uh their own I think anime for this but it seems like no matter what they do they just
can't get people interested so why do you think that is why do you think that this item is just
struggling so much when they could just release a hamburger and say oh uh uh this famous rapper
eats that uh five times a day and there's not even any sort of special packaging of anything
and everyone will just go and get it so what do you think happened with this do you think
it's actually the item itself do you think the idea is just uninspiring uh or do you think it's
a problem with McDonald's do you think that a lot of people are just starting to sort of sour
on McDonald's for lack of a better word and are kind of thinking yeah you know I've just had it
with them so I don't care what they release I'm done with them and that's that very curious as
to your thoughts because this is to me an anomaly it does not match what I have been seeing as far
as other McDonald's releases are concerned I'm curious what you think you could leave a comment
if you'd like I'm going to be checking them I'm really interested in seeing what your two sense
are but what do you think that is what what's so different about this and what's causing the
reaction or perhaps lack thereof now nonetheless those are the facts that's where things stand if
it's it's a good item it's still a good item I'm not going into this hating on it or anything like
that this is just something that I observed and found interesting and wanted to introduce the
video with that but anyway it's a dipping sauce it is supposed to be a Savory chili sauce I think it
has elements of garlic ginger and then little chil flakes for uh for some spice in it and you could
either get it just as the sauuce by itself at the price of around I think 50 or of course you could
add it in addition to let's say fries or nuggets I decided to get some nuggets and fries just to
sample it with but again it's called the wick Donald's sauce with a W and there's the packaging
and I mean look at this I actually went through some genuine effort here for the bag they really
did
probably the most effort I've honestly seen in the design of a bag in a while
anyway it's just interesting how it is and here is what it looks
like
right
there and now what I'm going to do is open up the
sauce you can get a better
View
and now what I'm going to do is just quickly try it out popular or not I
want to know if it's good and let's find out so I'll just dip it with the fries and I'll
try it with a nugget and that'll be that the McDonald's sauce from McDonald's going
in
I was thinking about this it's like even when it comes down to sauces like some people might say
and I could understand why I might say well D just cuz it's a sauce I would I would say
you know that sort of makes sense but years ago they released the sesan sauce my God you should
have seen the amount of interest there were people camped out in front of some McDonald's
just waiting for this so that took off no problem everyone was flocking there for the Sichuan sauce
but not the poor McDonald sauce actually now try it out with a nugget and even last
year they released I know they had the Mambo sauce I think it was and there was another
sauce that they released with it and I forget the name of that one people were interested in that
too
so then I think is it even a problem with the sauce itself or the or the
branding or is it a problem with the chain you know do people just
not care about McDonald's anymore that might be that might be the
case and then by extension would that be the death of fast food as we know it would I just
have to hang it all up and just start reviewing typewriters instead because I will do that if
needed very interested though any any thoughts you have on this sheram go for
it
so after all that hemming and ha about the sauce what can I say about it as far as what it tastes
like my quick assessment of it it's not bad but it might not be everyone's cup of tea
either and here's what I mean by that I think the sauce is going to it's it's going to take
some people by surprise by that I mean if you see the description of it you're going to think oh
a Savory Savory uh chili sauce when you try this out there are two notes from this sauce that I no
immediately what hits me first and the sauce I should say has I I would describe it texturally
speaking a thicker texture it's not runny it's not watery I could I could say that
with confidence what I notice immediately is a very strong note of Ginger and that in and of
itself is totally fine no issues with that at all and it actually goes quite nicely with the
chicken McNuggets especially it's fine with the fries too but I I find the pairing to be
most suitable for the Chicken McNugget but then what comes after that is a very noticeable spice
now that's obviously from the chili flakes that was explicitly mentioned but the one
note that I think was sort of downplayed in the introduction of this sauce in the
formal description that they advertised this as as being was the spice Savory you know it's
going to be Savory no this is much more spicy much more spicy than it is Savory as a matter
of fact this sauce is probably more spicy than half the sauces that claim to be spicy if that
makes any sense you know cuz you go in it's the ghost pepper this and the Carolina Reaper that
and this that or the other thing this on the other hand it's it's a savory sauce no this
is a spicy sauce this is much spicier than you may initially expect as a matter of fact I still
have a spicy aftertaste my tongue is actually tingling a little bit from the spice in this
sauce it works with the
fries but it compliments the chicken McNuggets I believe far better so that's the one thing it's
Pleasant tasting don't get me wrong Pleasant tasting works very nicely with the chicken
however it is a much spicier sauce than you are led to believe it to be and take that
into account you go into this thinking it's just going to be some savory sauce you're going to be
thinking wa I didn't expect that and it might even be a little overwhelming for some fault so
that's why I want to emphasize with this sauce in particular that spice is there it is evident
it is prominent it is persistent you're going to notice it it's not going to hit you immediately
you're going to notice that Ginger first but then once it starts spreading into your mouth then you
notice the spice and it hits you and it lasts it lasts it persists and again the spice is still
there now this isn't going to be the hottest sauce you've ever tried I'm just saying this
is unexpectedly spicy that's what I'm trying to get at and it's going to be lasting very lasting
spicy aftertaste that again still as I'm doing this delivery is still there unimpeded by time
of course water you know but that's sort of to be expected and it's definitely a spicy sauce
so still something to try still uh it's a unique sauce I'll give them that and personally I would
recommend getting this with nuggets that's my recommendation fries it's okay with but I'd say
Get it with the chicken McNuggets I think it pairs quite nicely with that so if this sounds like it's
something of Interest maybe just try it out get a four piece Chicken McNugget or a six piece always
add the sauce of course and that I think would be the most suitable pairing if you ask me so
therefore out of 10 what am I going to be giving the wicd Donald sauce it's not for everyone little
unexpectedly spicy but it works nicely with the chicken nugget I I like The Branding I really do
I like that they were sort of they went all out with that that's nice I I want to see more of
that quite frankly but it's a shame you know it just somehow missed the mark and I'll be curious
as to why that is but nonetheless personally I'm happy with it and therefore I'm going to be giving
the McDonald's sauce from McDonald's not the greatest not the worst though by any means it's
a 7 out of 10 sauce uh certainly fine for what it is is and especially if you want a little bit of
spice give it a shot if not maybe pass it up but it's not it's not crazy or anything but if it's
of Interest get it while it's here and that's all that I have for you hope you enjoyed this
little combination of some extra talk along with a little bit of reviewing too that's all that I
have for now thank you for watching and until next time I'm your host the report of the week