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everyone watching welcome one and also this newest edition of the running on empty food review series
i'm your host the report of the week here for another review hope everyone
out there is fueling and doing all right so here i am on a a rather warm
perhaps as you can see behind me bright and sunny morning mid morning i'd say
yeah time for another mcdonald's review this one let's just get right into things today
uh some of you may be aware that mcdonald's has been having this promotion i already did a review
of it a few videos back where uh well if you've seen the video you know i didn't really like it
i didn't like the promotion nor did i like the item that i tried but i got a few requests to try
out another item in this promotion so that's why i'm here today now the promotion in and of itself
it's called the mcdonald's menu hacks promotion i think i was calling it the menu hacks menu but
we'll call it the menu hacks promotion in this one because i think it's a little easier to uh
to say and remember that way and what that is it takes the concept of menu hacks where you're
you know you're combining various products and making an item that isn't normally on the menu
well they said we are realizing and formally acknowledging these sorts of menu hacks and
creations through this promotion so you have to download the mcdonald's app and then there are a
series of different menu hacks that you can order the catch is that you gotta download the app and
they will only give you the basic core components of the hack you have to assemble it yourself
i've already expressed that i don't like that and i will reiterate that right up front i hate it i
hate that you have to download this app when the items are already on the menu i don't see
any point in that and i won't go any further than saying that and uh it's just silly to me that the
that you have to assemble it yourself nonetheless maybe it results in some decent creations
last time i tried out the land air and sea and it was horrible it was absolutely vile and i really
hated it this one on the other hand people are saying give it a chance it might actually be good
so this latest hack is called the hash brown mcmuffin this is available at the price of nine
dollars and it's taking a sausage mcmuffin with egg and a hash brown and you combine the two
so you take the mcmuffin and you put the hash brown on top of the egg
and then you are good to go and you have yourself a hash brown mcmuffin so
look at that that was the power of the mcmuffin you saw that it suddenly got
all clear when i pulled this thing out we've got the sausage mcmuffin
with egg
and they call this a
hash
brown
and now we must assemble
the blessed creation
just remember this one has
the egg
sausage mcmuffin with egg you know i'm not a big breakfast consumer but i suppose that's what we
have sausage patty with egg and a clear blue sky that you can see very uh very so slightly behind
me curious if i focus on that look you can see the blue skies now in the water isn't that something
see i am the cause of all the problems there otherwise
and we have to put the hash around so see we've got egg right here
and we just plop it on top
and we now have the hash brown mcmuffin
get that thumbnail shot this is a nine dollar sandwich
a nine dollar sandwich all right
let's try it hashbrown mcmuffin from mcdonald's i also got oh i know that was a tease right
there you thought i was gonna go in for the bite and then i do this got some ketchup
that is not a plane that is my stomach growling going in
take one more bite then i'll take a bite with ketchup we'll do that
and i don't want to be in focus for some reason now i am
now we'll have a
ketchup filled bite now and then into the assessment
you know some people were saying
in the last video because of course with every brand you have people who
will vehemently defend it and they're saying man you really got it out for
mcdonald's you know i think you you just don't like them for some reason
i just hate the product it's not that i have anything against the famous golden arches this
item i'm a fan of i don't mind it one single bit you can see these are the winds of change moving
in right now so that is living proof that indeed this is a transformation that yeah
i hated the uh land air and sea i still think the promotion is silly but you know what the
hashbrown mcmuffin it's solid i like it i'm a fan of it i thought mcdonald's did a good job with it
here's the thing with mcdonald's one thing that i have noticed um in recent times this is just
me but i know that others may feel the same way but their breakfast is superior to many of their
lunch and dinner options these days at least in terms of quality and the consistency thereof
you know a big mac a good big mac is still well it's really good but uh consistently
their breakfast items seem to be they always seem to do a good job with them this is no exception
i really like actually the sausage patty on this it's much more flavorful than you
would think it combines so nicely with the egg and the cheese it just adds
that cheesiness is such a nice touch it just ties it all together and i really like it
i i really like it again that sausage patty it's just flavorful way more flavorful than you would
think now if you've had this before chances are you already you already know that a lot of the
time what i always see that with these sorts of breakfast items that they're always hit or miss
and the sausage patty for some weird reason is always either it's horrible the thing is it's
god-awful and it's this it's like something you wouldn't even feed to your pet you know your dog
or anything it's just it's horrible um but this on the other hand it might look a little small
but it's good it's flavorful packed with more flavor than you'd think
like i said works so well with the egg cheese ties it all together you add the hash brown
now my bite isn't the largest i think we've already explained that it can be a rather
could be a big sandwich um but the hash brown is nice the um
potato is just a nice accompaniment it totally works i actually like in terms of consistency
it's a little crunch that's added texturally speaking i should say in terms of the addition
of the hash brown but it just works it's flavorful ties everything together yeah it's a little greasy
a little oily but mind you you're getting this from mcdonald's so you kind of have to expect that
and um yeah then the the english muffin up there as the bun it does a good job also tastes good and
also the ketchup fine accompaniment not everyone might be a fan of it but i think it works nicely
certainly it's not in absolute dire need of any sort of sauce or any of that um but the ketchup
is a nice touch if you ask me and i think it works out um works out rather nicely and it's a pleasant
accompaniment so overall i'm happy with the hash brown mcmuffin am i disappointed that it's a nine
dollar sandwich and that you have to download an app just to get it and you have to assemble it
yourself yes i had those grievances in a previous review the last one that i did but um all in all
the sandwich itself is solid i think the last review was very negative and i didn't
like the deal at all i'm still going to give the deal itself the uh concept of the menu
hacks promotion a 3 out of 10. i hate that thing but the sandwich itself you know i'm
going to give it a separate rating that hash brown mcmuffin 7 out of 10 sandwich
i like it much better improvement than the land air and sea so if you're craving some breakfast
and you want to give it a shot i'd say it's worth your while if it sounds interesting to you
and as ronald mcdonald would say to borrow one of his famous phrases citronella birds
that's all that i have for you thank you for watching and until next time oh and a final note
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