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Food Review!
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Right here right now in the eating,
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We have an army of birds
around in the skies above - that's my new security detail.
We've really souped up the motor so we can get to, you know,
these fast-food places even faster. So you can hear the giant engine idling there. And I'm just... this is serious business.
That's all that I have to say. And
speaking of serious business...
This is where it's at.
McDonald's has a a fairly new release out. Look, it's not the newest thing in the world.
It's been out for maybe like a week, a week and a half, and
it's another addition to their signature lineup of burgers.
Now this is something that they've been trying out for probably about a year or so, maybe a year and a half, and
they've been adding a few things, maybe taken something away here, adding a new thing here.
And I guess they're essentially, as they say, throwing stuff at the wall.
Seeing what sticks. Seeing what doesn't. And then they're just going from there. This is a straightforward name.
At least it doesn't have any sort of name that I had to keep forgetting.
It's just called the mushroom and swiss burger. It is an artisan burger. However, but it is called the mushroom and swiss burger.
Now here's what comes on it, okay?
The beef patty is a quarter pound. So you can see it's not like one of the little dollar menu items - has a thick beef patty.
Just like you would get on the quarter pounder. Comes on an artisan roll. Right? That's where they're getting it in.
Seasoned mushrooms. Fried onion strings.
Swiss cheese and
bistro aioli. And you might be saying, "All right! Well, everything kind of seems
straightforward for the most part just like a mushroom and swiss burger. But what the bleep it bleep is the bistro aioli?"
Well, what that is supposed to be... I did a little research on this. As I said, we're in serious business mode
ladies and gentlemen! The bistro aioli: What it's supposed to be is just a creamy
sauce, that's that's put on it and
It's been described as having a little hint of garlic and maybe a little bit of the savoriness.
Perhaps also tying together with the mushrooms as well. That's really what the burger is.
We know what's on it. Price for this? Before we forget, was $5.39. Which is about, you know,
what you would expect for a premium burger at this point. And let's see what we've got.
It comes in the a minimalistic-ly designed
signature crafted box right there.
It's like a little treasure chest, you know, look at that: Golden.
Golden arches, and it's not even monochrome, just the arches. I guess. I like it though.
I always liked this box design. Here we go. Let's see. Look. Here's the bun in the
clouded light.
That's what it looks like.
Let's see what this burger is looking like. You can see it's kind of hanging off the bun a little bit.
Right there. I know sometimes... there we go. It's coming into focus.
You can see that cheese kind of oozing off right there.
It is hot to touch. It is it is fresh and lets us try and
take a little peek under the bun here before anything else.
All right.
So you can see there's that aioli that I was really hyping up with a few of the onion strings on it.
And then, I just don't want to risk disaster, you can see everything else on the bottom right here.
You can see some of the mushrooms right there. You can see the,
the cheese, the onions, burger. So it's all there.
Like I said, they actually did a pretty good job just describing what's on this and
we're just gonna see how it all blends together. So...
Let me just get one view right here of the sandwich. So there I am with it and
that's what it looks like. And there's just a quick little view. Kind of see those mushrooms drooping off the side there.
All right. Well, we know what's on it. I know what's on it. You know what's on it?
We all do. I'm just gonna try and sink my teeth into this and then let you know what it tastes like.
Mushroom and swiss burger from Mcdonald's - it's going in!
Gonna take a few more bites.
And then one more bite.
All right.
I think the best way is
To really just go kind of ingredient by ingredient and just see how it all ties together. So that's what I'll go with.
The mushroom and swiss burger? First and foremost, overall assessments:
You can just leave right after this, if you're really, you know, that desperate. You're you're sitting there...
You're on the edge of your seat. Should I go? Should I get it? You know, I'll tell you right now!
Very very
too long didn't read consensus. Okay? The burger itself tastes pretty good.
I have a few issue issues with it text texture-wise.
But it tastes okay. So there you go. There's the there's a really short review for it. In detail...
Here's what it comes down to. Okay? For a signature burger. I've certainly had a lot worse.
Okay, I've had a lot worse. The burger is flavorful.
I got to give them credit on that. The beef patty, you know, maybe the freshness has...cause this is really fresh.
It was actually really hot to touch.
But the beef patty was fresh. It was juicy.
You know? Just a thick quarter pound patty, which you know they did a good job with. I can't complain there.
The mushrooms, that's the big, you know, the big
star of this dish -
mushrooms are fine. They're actually pretty savory, they're seasoned a little bit too. So the mushrooms are fine.
The aioli that they they were really praising and
lauding in their advertisements
was good, too.
Like I said,
I was, I was trying to see if there was that little hint of garlic in there and there was. It's not as strong as
you would think it was, but it's just has,
It has this little subtlety to it and it just blends in very well - ties it together. The onion strings were good,
had a nice little crunch to them. There's a good amount of them on it. And the
swiss cheese?
That's the only thing. It's a savory sandwich.
And it's pretty big. The Swiss cheese kind of just... it's there.
If you're kind of eating around the edges, perhaps, you might be able to get a little bit more flavor from it,
but it gets a little lost in there, but it's not to any severe detriment. Now you might say,
"Alright, well, it sounds like a pretty good sandwich. You certainly described that it's flavorful. What was that
complaint that you had in regards to the texture?." Here's my one and only issue really.
The thing that I noticed with the mushrooms and the Swiss cheese - really the two most important ingredients on the sandwich -
was that the Swiss cheese was it was a little rubbery, you know?
You can kind of see as I was I was I was eating it, you know,
it was really kind of like elastic almost and I had to just really pull it snap it and
just really chewy a little more chewy than I would have liked it to be. And
the mushrooms too. When I, when I like getting mushrooms (and granted I don't get them too often) usually from a really good restaurant,
and they they just seem to be really,
you know, just really soft.
They aren't they aren't very chewy, you know?
Where you're trying to chew down and you're biting and you're biting and it's not it's not splitting or anything.
So the mushrooms could be of a little higher quality. I'm just not a fan of that harder...
Again, like more rubbery texture to it, but it's at least it's very flavorful.
I got to give them credit on that. The texture might just be an issue. That might be an issue with preparation.
Who is to say? But overall the taste of this is good. They did a good job with it. And that's my only issue.
So just keep that in the back of your mind. I don't think that's a type of thing
that, I would say, "Don't get this", you know?
Go ahead. Try it out and just keep that in mind. No price for this?
I got it for $5.39 with tax.
It ended up going for around $5.77 or so, so we'll keep that in mind.
But but about the average price for a premium sandwich at McDonald's. There for out of ten. It's a really flavorful sandwich.
I can't complain. 8.0 out of 10 flat is the rating. Cause again if my
Issues are only with just a texture of it - the taste of it is fine. And that's really the most important thing.
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