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And this is running on empty food review. I am your host the report of the week
So thank you for checking out this newest
Review as you can see right there where I'm trying to figure out where to put the bag
It's a McDonald's review. You can see with the
Kind of golden arches. They're folded from one sites either confusing you it's like what is this? This is a yellow stripe and then
There you go. Kind of a semi arches. That's what they call a semi arch, but you know what? I mean? There we go
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So that's where it comes down to and just if you're interested anyway, alright a new release
From McDonald's put that there for now I know release is out the bacon barbecue
burger
they're going back to the the
Not exotic. That's the wrong word for it are the artisan type burgers, but they're trying to say
We're McDonald's
but we can spice things up a bit if we want to and
I'm not in the what you know in the metaphorical sense it kind of
Spicing things up. They're gonna get this burger
They're gonna put you know
like the burger equivalent of maybe like a necktie on it make it look a little nicer and
Set up a little bit. Perhaps the bacon barbecue burger now. That's a really
You know
That's a confusing name when you look at it because it makes you think that it's straightforward at first right bacon barbecue burger
But then you look what are those three letters in the middle mean?
BB q
That was a terrible one right there comes with a quarter pound beef patty though
You can get two beef patties if you're feeling really adventurous
You can say I want to get that double you'll get a half pound and you really fill yourself up there
also comes with applewood smoked bacon bourbon barbecue sauce
crispy fried onion strings on an artisan bun price for that five dollars and 89 cents
So it is on the pricier end of the spectrum for fast food and you know 589 for burger might be good though
It might be worth worth the price and honestly, it sounds like it's really good because it reminds me of like those
maybe cowboy burgers, you know that you eat while you down at the ranch they're doing your thing and
for all the Cowboys love their cowboy burgers
So I honestly like those ones though that have the bacon and the onions strings and the barbecue sauce
I've always been a fan of those
So maybe I have a little bit of cowboy in me, but that's not what they call it
They don't call what a cowboy burger
They just say it's a bacon barbecue burger because like they said they're dressing it up a little bit
Huh, as you can see here, though. I also do have a a little bit of a
Dessert that we'll try later on. It's also a new item the it's a snack size
Snickerdoodle McFlurry, so we'll try that out a little later on that was a dollar 89 so you're gonna get two reviews for one
Right here
There it is any famous artisan box
All right, what do we have
new flavors to love
Yeah, loving the flavor. Yes, indeed. Maybe I will be maybe I won't maybe I'll be hating the flavor
We'll see. I think I said this a while ago, but I do I gotta say I like that minimalistic design on that
I really do I'm a big fan of the box. I like it
Yeah
It's a sad-looking burger. No, you know, you can't judge a book by it's cover, but boy
Look, I open it. And that's what I'm what I'm greeted with this sad
Sad looking burger there. It's a sad sandwich. That's all but doesn't mean that it's bad
again, that's something that I was really looking forward to and it still might think that but
There you have it right there
You know and it just is how it is it's how I got it
I'm gonna try to rearrange it, but I you know
You can see right there that most of the cheese is kind of hanging off the burger there again, though
This isn't this isn't the fault of just McDonald's as a company. It's like they're gonna say
You know, we're gonna make this burger as sloppily as possible. This is obviously just comes down to who was making it
So that's one thing
but just
Presentation is very dry. Very disappointed. But I'm I'm sure many local McDonald's will do a better job
So let's just reorganize it here though. You can see
There's some of those onion
Strings the fried onions will put a little more of those on with some barbecue sauce. Of course
you can see there's the burger patty and some of the sauce seepage right there on my
finger and there's some
more about some bacon up there too, you know even a little bit of everything but
Let's try to do some Burger of reorganization here. I
really want to
We'll have to take away some of the excess cheese, but I promise I will
I'm I'll bite in where that cheese is, so don't worry
You will get I won't be biased and I'll say I took that cheese off and I'm writing to bite it there
Doesn't look much better, but I guess that's as good as it's gonna get
Yeah, it is how it is, I guess
Sorry, you got to sit here and watch me
Put this together, lets us try and do something with this
Thank you there it might be good but
You can see right there
I'm really really hoping I don't drop this thing on the or
but
And that's what it
looks like I
Just disappointed that it was made so sloppily, but you know what I said this before I'll say it once again
You can't judge a book by its cover. And while the sandwich itself isn't very well prepared
Hey, it might taste really good
And of course this isn't gonna be how it always will be you know it
At your place just they didn't do a good job with this one. But either way we know what's on it
You know what's on it? We all know what's on it
The bacon barbecue burger might be sloppy but hey, it might taste good too. So let's try it out. It's going in.
Let me just hold this up for you real quick
There you go, you can kind of see it right there there's a little close-up feel of it I
Just wanted to make sure you could see it better. We'll take one more bite but let me just say
you can't judge a book by it's cover because
It was a sloppy mess
But it tastes good
So now you got the preview here you're on the edge of your seats and now we'll get into it in a minute
That's what the Cowboys do
Yeah, I I am I'm impressed I
Really like it I gotta say it's one of those instances where I
Saw it at first and I thought oh, no, they did it again a good concept and it got ruined but no
Not at all in this case
It just happened. It just so happened that mine was a little sloppily
Presented but boy does it taste good? There was a sandwich shows released about a year and a half ago or so
That was just like this but it had that like a mustard type of sauce on it and it ruined it
This is like that sandwich without that and it's delicious
The beef itself. It's a juicy
It's tender. It's your standard quarter pound burger, which I like though. They do a good job with it
It's delicious tastes good that barbecue sauce is great because it's got like this
It's just got this nice little sweetness in addition to the barbecue taste not like honey barbecue. It's just on the sweeter end
It's not tart or tangy
But it's just it's on the sweeter and the things I really like that too you get that crispy crunch that these onions provide
Which is awesome. I mean, I'm like that also, they're battered. They're seasoned very flavorful
Mm-hmm and the bacon too
Crispy greasy, but all the flavor that we expect it just blends together and it's just a really flavorful sandwich
I gotta say I'm really impressed with it
I remember when they took away that original burger that was like this but again with that other sauce, I was really disappointed
It's like they took all the good things from that and made that so it made their own sandwich out of it
And I'm really really impressed
Yeah, it looked like a mess at first and granted again
It's just how they happen to make this one, but boy, they pulled through because all the ingredients taste good
It's all there and they really they they pulled through and made it a good sandwich. So
Yeah out of ten. I mean definitely even if it's a little pricey
It's definitely you're getting your money's worth because I enjoy it really tasty. It's a good sandwich and
I mean, yeah, I gotta give it an eight point six out of ten. They they did a good job there. They did good
so good on them and
now
With that I kind of settled in two for the two for one. This is just the
little snack sized
Snickerdoodle McFlurry there. So let's just
See how that is. It's supposed to be like a snickerdoodle cookie. We'll just try not real real quick
Mm-hmm-hmm. Well brain freeze, honestly. Yeah, it's okay for what it is. I was really looking for that cinnamon sugar
Combination
Got some caramel there also
It does definitely tastes like a
Snickerdoodle cookie
But now that one's good too it's exactly what they say it is
Tastes just like a snickerdoodle cookie. Good cinnamon sugar blend has that caramel in there too all ties together nicely with the vanilla as well
and
Overall the snickerdoodle McFlurry pretty good for what it is, I'd say that's a little more on the average
So nothing bad to say about it. I'll be around a a six point eight out of ten
That's all that I have for you. Ladies and gentlemen powered through two items here
And it was a roller coaster cuz I wasn't sure how this one was gonna end up
I really wasn't sure at all
But I know good on you McDonald's you really you you hit this one out of the park
Did a good job and made a good sandwich at that? That's all that I have for you
Thank you for watching and do take care
I'm your host the report of the week checking out the bacon barbecue burger from McDonald's. Take care, everyone