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Or whatever you're watching this so McDonald's has some new items out and it's funny
We were just making a video on McDonald's and I was thinking to myself
Alright, you know I was talking about the basics and sure enough. What do they do?
They release a whole new lineup of items now McDonald's is going worldwide
not like they haven't done that already, but I'm trying to just be dramatic here and
They have what they call and this open here the worldwide favorites menu
And this is supposed to be a number of selections. I believe it is a burger a chicken sandwich a
Dessert and then aside that are all supposed to be
internationally themed whether they really hire aren't that's up for that is up for debate right there, but they have the
Stroopwafel McFlurry. I supposed to represent the netherlands because people like they make flurries over there
We know that that's the that's the biggest cultural icon of the netherlands vanilla soft serve mixed with caramel chopped dutch
Dino men stroopwafel
Caramel waffle cookie pieces and then this is what i'm going to be trying out the grande make extreme bacon burger. That's somehow representing Spain
quarter pound beef patty applewood smoked bacon
Smokey McBacon Sauce onions on a sesame-seed bun' then they have a tomato mozzarella chicken sandwich representing, Canada
Which is just chicken fillet tomato herb sauce. Mozzarella
Cheese silvered onions lettuce and tomatoes then they have cheesy bacon fries, which of course we all know it's supposed to represent, Australia
price for this sandwich seven dollars
Twenty four cents fit on the pricier side
Right there
Got some napkins
There's the
McDonald's bag
Oh it comes in the special box. Look at that. Yeah right there
Worldwide favorites and there's the plane looks like it's kind of
Going on a flight somewhere and that it looks like it took some evasive maneuvers
I don't know probably wouldn't be very comfortable for the occupants of the flight, but maybe that was intentional
I don't know. Maybe that was to make some extra room in their stomachs. They can chow down on these worldwide favorites from McDonald's say
There it is. There's the burger
There is the sesame
Seed bun right there. Let's take it out of this taken out of this box here. Well, we got
quarter pound
Beef patty I had the quarter pounder the other day so you can see what it looks like
You know juicy looks pretty good
of course you cannot
Cannot judge a book by its cover. There's the Gouda cheese. You can see the onions
there's a good view of some of the bacon and
lieth therein
Is the what does that call the bacon sauce? I don't know what the heck that is, but we'll figure it out
There's another view of it. I don't know if it'll be kind of similar to the Big Mac sauce or what?
We got the onions looks like everything that's supposed to be there is there we're gonna try it out. So it's gonna be interesting
I always liked the burger lineup
I like the way that the bacon burgers are and you know, I have a problem with some of the signature collections
But the quarter pounder is a good a good sandwich
So we're gonna see how this one ends up being if it's a tasty one. I do like their bacon burgers
So, let's see how it tastes. So it's the
bacon burger
From McDonald's going in
But what a slippery burger this is
Hmm
It is a messy sandwich, let me tell you bun is sliding around everywhere
Bacon sauce
sliding around
Pouring out you ever seen one of those videos
of like a fire hose, you know, how
You know this high-pressure flow of water coming out
You could see it was coming out at that same type of force that's that was incredible
What isn't incredible here we go
Here we go
Misses that was I was waiting for years to say that one what isn't incredible the burger
Now, I'm not a fan of it to be quite honest. I'm not a fan of the burger. I'm not
I'm just not feeling it
If there was there is a big problem with it. I mean there are two issues and one of them can easily be fixed
The other one not so much and that's the one that concerns me the first issue
The fixable one is the difficulty with eating it. It's a very messy burger. I think you can see
Maybe I'll try and find a way to hold it up again
How much of this?
Sauce they put on it, you know the whatever they call it the
See it's just in the sauce there. There's so much of it and
I'm just not if I'm I'm not a fan of how messy it is. I can't get a good graph
Grasp on the verb here. It slides around everywhere
If you're eating this in your car you'd better be careful. But there's a chance that can just slide right out of your hands and
Be disastrous
Here's the biggest issue though. I don't like what it tastes like
I'm not a fan of it at all the sauce which there is so much of
Doesn't work out. Well, it just is very very very bland. It's like a glorified mayonnaise
I hope it's not that's not what it's supposed to be. I hope there is supposed to be more intended flavor to it
But what I notice is that it's very flavorless
It's bland. It's just like this goop on it and it contributes no flavor whatsoever
Makes it difficult to eat and there is so much of it. That's a problem
All right, the beef patty was good, but it's exactly the same as their quarter pounder. So it's an existing item
They just kind of put a couple different condiments on it
But the beef patty is good, but it would be good if it was just a regular quarter pounder with cheese
The Gouda cheese wasn't bad. You know it is a it's like a
Thicker cheese, but it's not bad. I didn't have any problems of that and the bacon is all right
The sauce was a big big issue and the onions
You know, I was hoping for them to be well, they were silvered. That's how they described them
anyway, I was hoping that they would just be flavorful and
They were burned. That's what it tasted. Like all I could taste was this this char. I just completely burned and
Overall, very disappointing. The biggest thing that I can taste was that burnt char from the onions the
Burger was alright, but then the flavors for everything else pan just gets
You know washed away with this useless sauce, so I'm not a fan of it at all
I think this is supposed to be a gourmet burger
Showcasing the international lineup. I'm not a fan of it. You know when I go over to McDonald's I like the basics
Those are my favorites
I just did a video about those and it's it's my favorites for good reason because you know
They have that consistency and that's what works out
Sometimes they make these new ventures and you know
It's like a 50/50 flip a coin and you know heads it'll be good tails
It won't be because that's that degree of variability that there is with these these sandwiches so I'm not a fan of this
For me anyway it was
Seven dollars and twenty four cents not not well spent at all out of ten
Three out of ten is my rating really just I'm not a fan of this one
You know, I don't think they they hit the nail on the head here. But this is a it's a new menu
Maybe they'll need some time to work on it
There's three more items that maybe I'll give a shot and who knows if one of them isn't good and the other ones might
You know, they might make up for it. So we'll just have to see if they'll redeem themselves
going forward
In the end though
Of course, it might be different than yours. I kind of doubt it but give it a shot
You know just know it's a bit pricier
I would recommend going with more along the lines of the basics than this, but it's all up to you, you know
If you just start having reoccurring dreams
and it's just calling to you you see visions of burgers at the foot of your bed and they're saying
Try this burger from McDonald so then give it a shot, but just know that it's pricey and I was not a fan
Maybe hear that loud car. I'm sure he's on his way to McDonald's right now to pick that up and with that
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