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Well, hello, ladies and gentlemen and everyone watching. This is Running On Empty Food Review and I am your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
Well,
Should I really say that it's another week in the doldrums?
I guess I should because I said it. So, I guess I, guess there you have it!
Yeah, it's January a very slow month for releases. Though fear not! Coming up later in the month
McDonald's is really gonna be going crazy. They're they're
revitalizing the Big Mac. They're gonna throw some bacon on it. So we're gonna have to try that one out.
But, in the meantime,
It has been a journey. That's what I will... I think that's the best way to summarize it.
It's been a thoughtful journey full of introspection. And you know, it just led me to places I never thought that it would And,
one of those places that it brought me to was the Sonic menu.
And I started exploring, you know, I was thinking, "Well, there's no new releases. Let's just... let's see what Sonic has to offer!
I was kind of craving one of their drinks. I got it. Got the
Cherry Limeade. That's my favorite from them.
What do they have? You know? What, what peaks my interest? Or what do I want to try out from Sonic?
Because
I'm sure you heard about it. It was all over the news. A couple days ago
The White House was gonna be hosting that competitive eating
competition with all the fast food.
And I was supposed to be there. As a matter of fact,
I was supposed, I was supposed to be there. I was supposed to be chowing down on all that fast food. I lost the invite!
I misplaced it. I got I got the dates mixed up.
So instead they brought the US swim team there to fill in for me.
But, you know, that's kind of left me in a little bit of a difficult spot.
So I turned to Sonic and I discovered this...
Their Bacon Melt
Sonic Signature Slinger! That's the, that's the name. I took a whole page of notes down for it.
What exactly is it? And what the heck is a slinger? Well...
Sonic, you know, they have a lineup of burgers, you know, that's what they they do everything and one of course is burgers. And...
this is a limited-time thing where it's essentially just a glorified slider with a few a few various toppings on it.
Though Sonic said, "We gotta go all out! So we're not gonna call it a slider!"
"We're gonna call it a "slinger", because that's just how Sonic does it. And, you know, maybe it, maybe it's small enough that you can
sling it around and throw it at someone that you don't like (or anything in between).
But, anyway...
Comes with a brioche roll,
Melted cheese (Nondescript blend). There, I know, I know you wanted to see that.
Crispy bacon, mayonnaise and a burger patty which features three main components:
100% pure beef, savory mushrooms and balled seasonings.
Doesn't make any sense though.
So it says a hundred percent
pure beef. So then, why are the other two there? Because if it's me? I don't understand. Shouldn't it be
33% pure beef? Because they said it's composed of these things: 33 percent pure beef, then the mushrooms and then the bald seasonings? But,
I guess that's just a typo. So this patty has a beef and then the mushrooms the seasonings.
420 calories. I'm sure that wasn't intentional or anything and the price for this
$2.49.
The bacon melt Sonic signature slinger - what a name!
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Alright,
Signature...
Signature Slinger
There it is, okay, let's let's uh, let's go... What do you think? Is this is a flattering angle?
That's good enough, I guess. It's not the,
well, it's not the world's prettiest sandwich, but it is what it is.
You know, that's why they call it the signature slinger.
Kind of see...
You're wondering to yourself, "Is the cheese really that rubbery?" Yes it is.
You can see for yourself right there!
Yeah, that's that's that's the way they do it though, that's how it is.
It still has that warmth to it, but you know, What can you do?
So there's the cheese glistening away, lieth underneath will be the patty.
Kind of make it out right there.
Here's the bottom bun.
Mayo.
An bacon strips galore and there is the two of them. There's my head sandwiched between them.
So creative.
And then there's the signature slinger. Alright, I'm gonna eat it. I'll let you know what it tastes like. So it's the Bacon
Melt Sonic Signature Slinger going in!
Oh well, we had that high-res close up for a second!
I think this is one of those issues that's under addressed, if you ask me.
And I know I know I know that this is speaking right to you!
You go to a burger place and you say,
"I want the cheese on my cheeseburger extra rubbery!"
A lot of places they don't necessarily
fulfill that desire.
They don't really get it like Sonic does!
Because the cheese was very rubbery. Though it was flavorful and I have to give them credit on that.
Overall, it was a, you know a maybe slightly below average sandwich.
It's one of these things that there is... it's it's not really remarkable. For me, when I go to Sonic,
I like their drinks and I like their boneless wings.
That's what I always go there for, sometimes some onion rings too. The burgers don't really do it for me.
You know, it wasn't the most flavorful sandwich in the world. I couldn't really taste any of those bold spices where the
mushrooms that they were talking about that are in the beef patty. As a matter of fact, as you obviously saw it was rather dry.
So the beef patty was lackluster.
It certainly was very cheesy.
Despite the cheese giving off that very rubbery appearance,
you know, it actually blended in better than I actually thought it would. I thought it would be very rubbery, you know.
But the cheese obviously, you know, probably something that was individually wrapped.
But it was more flavorful than I anticipated it to be. The mayo wasn't too overwhelming.
Though the one, the one thing that I do have to give this credit for is the bacon.
They were some nice rich
fatty bacon strips had a good a good amount of crunch, good amount of flavor to it.
And for a little slider like that, you know, I would have actually expected a little less, you know?
Just knowing how the fast food industry is nowadays.
So the bacon did catch me off guard because it was certainly, I'd say, probably the the best thing about it all.
You're actually getting some real good quality bacon on this little slider.
With that being said, the price for
$2.49? If it's something that really peaks your interest, I mean, go for it. It's certainly small. It's certainly quite snackable.
But just know that you're not going to be getting the most out of this
flavor-wise and keep that in mind! Honestly, considering the caloric value of it all,
I would say just pay the extra money and go with their, you know,
like their bacon cheeseburger for instance, which is really the same thing - just larger -
but you're gonna be getting more meat and you're gonna be getting more of that juiciness in the beef patty
that I think overall would make it just a more enjoyable eating experience.
So, I mean, overall...
Yeah, it's not the best thing in the world far from the worst, but not the best at any at any rate.
So with that being said, I'm just gonna give this a 6.5 out of 10.
That's a 6.5 out of 10. Because, again, you know, it's not like I have anything
extremely awful to rail on about this thing. At the same time though,
there's really nothing aside from that bacon and that I can give it any sort of gleaming praise for either!
So that's all I have for you ladies and gentlemen, I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek.
Today's review is for the
Bacon Melt
Sonic Signature Slinger.
And that's all that I have for you. So, thank you for watching!
Take care. I'm your host TheReportOfTheWeek and I hope you can check out my radio show tomorrow!
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